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Or you want to check against actual boolean values, use is:

if value is False:
    handle_false()
elif value is True:
    handle_true()

True and False are singletons, like None. I don't know why everyone finds bools as ints so surprising. Did no one take discrete math?

booleans implemented as ints is what i learned (way way back in my mainframe assembler days)  it was so in c because things must be implemented somehow or they don't exist (for what is implemented in c).  that and in the language i designed ages ago booleans were not ints but could be coerced to become an int or even a float.  i need to get more used to python not being the same   that and i need to get used to other python features and subtle differences.  i'm still in learning mode.  i will be for years even if i do big projects in python.

Output:
>>> 0 == False
True
>>> 0 is False
False
>>>

i already knew i could use is, but i had a misunderstanding of it being the same as =.  thanks!