commit aa86e35c524275e1f6cca91c1f8fcfc15e8d8b30
author Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> Sat Apr 19 18:15:10 2003 +0000
committer Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> Sat Apr 19 18:15:10 2003 +0000
tree 09a2231543fb1f83d759ee5bfa41bca0a88d500a
parent a26854095be67418bc89eff4874b32e33d7e5bf6

- bool() called without arguments now returns False rather than
  raising an exception.  This is consistent with calling the
  constructors for the other builtin types -- called without argument
  they all return the false value of that type.  (SF patch #724135)
  Thanks to Alex Martelli.

Lib/test/test_bool.py

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_bool.py b/Lib/test/test_bool.py
index 404b4e8..a0a03ee 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_bool.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_bool.py
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
 veris(bool(0), False)
 veris(bool("hello"), True)
 veris(bool(""), False)
+veris(bool(), False)
 
 veris(hasattr([], "append"), True)
 veris(hasattr([], "wobble"), False)