just came across true + 3 == 4, and also true isa Number What is the reason why a boolean gets converted to Int automatically?

I found some related discussion here [image] Why is Bool an Integer? General Usage I just realized that Bool is a subtype of Integer… why? When I have a function that takes an Integer value I don’t expect to get dispatched with true or false value… That’s very C-like but…

Why Bool is a Number?

General Usage

bernhard June 22, 2020, 8:11am 2

I found some related discussion here

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Why Bool is a Number?

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