Remove mentions of "plain" integers.

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Georg Brandl 2008-05-11 14:30:18 +00:00
parent 6e6dcb5719
commit 95817b36f0
7 changed files with 39 additions and 41 deletions

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There are two types of integers:
Plain integers
.. index::
object: plain integer
single: OverflowError (built-in exception)
Integers
These represent numbers in an unlimited range, subject to available (virtual)
memory only. For the purpose of shift and mask operations, a binary
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These represent the truth values False and True. The two objects representing
the values False and True are the only Boolean objects. The Boolean type is a
subtype of plain integers, and Boolean values behave like the values 0 and 1,
subtype of the integer type, and Boolean values behave like the values 0 and 1,
respectively, in almost all contexts, the exception being that when converted to
a string, the strings ``"False"`` or ``"True"`` are returned, respectively.