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There are only two booleans, <code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_False</span></code> and <code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_True</span></code>. As such, the normal creation and deletion functions don’t apply to booleans. The following macros are available, however.</p> <dl class="function"> <dt id="c.PyBool_Check"> int <code class="descname">PyBool_Check</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject">PyObject</a><em> *o</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyBool_Check" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Return true if <em>o</em> is of type <code class="xref c c-data docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyBool_Type</span></code>.</p> <div class="versionadded"> <p><span class="versionmodified">New in version 2.3.</span></p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="var"> <dt id="c.Py_False"> <a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject">PyObject</a>* <code class="descname">Py_False</code><a class="headerlink" href="#c.Py_False" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>The Python <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code> object. This object has no methods. It needs to be treated just like any other object with respect to reference counts.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="var"> <dt id="c.Py_True"> <a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject">PyObject</a>* <code class="descname">Py_True</code><a class="headerlink" href="#c.Py_True" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>The Python <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code> object. This object has no methods. It needs to be treated just like any other object with respect to reference counts.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="macro"> <dt id="c.Py_RETURN_FALSE"> <code class="descname">Py_RETURN_FALSE</code><a class="headerlink" href="#c.Py_RETURN_FALSE" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Return <code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_False</span></code> from a function, properly incrementing its reference count.</p> <div class="versionadded"> <p><span class="versionmodified">New in version 2.4.</span></p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="macro"> <dt id="c.Py_RETURN_TRUE"> <code class="descname">Py_RETURN_TRUE</code><a class="headerlink" href="#c.Py_RETURN_TRUE" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Return <code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_True</span></code> from a function, properly incrementing its reference count.</p> <div class="versionadded"> <p><span class="versionmodified">New in version 2.4.</span></p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="c.PyBool_FromLong"> <a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject">PyObject</a>* <code class="descname">PyBool_FromLong</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span>long<em> v</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyBool_FromLong" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><em class="refcount">Return value: New reference.</em><p>Return a new reference to <code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_True</span></code> or <code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_False</span></code> depending on the truth value of <em>v</em>.</p> <div class="versionadded"> <p><span class="versionmodified">New in version 2.3.</span></p> </div> </dd></dl> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sphinxsidebar" role="navigation" aria-label="main navigation"> <div class="sphinxsidebarwrapper"> <h4>Previous topic</h4> <p class="topless"><a href="int.html" title="previous chapter">Plain Integer Objects</a></p> <h4>Next topic</h4> <p class="topless"><a href="long.html" title="next chapter">Long Integer Objects</a></p> <div role="note" aria-label="source link"> <h3>This Page</h3> <ul class="this-page-menu"> <li><a href="../_sources/c-api/bool.rst.txt" rel="nofollow">Show Source</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="searchbox" style="display: none" role="search"> <h3>Quick search</h3> <div class="searchformwrapper"> <form class="search" action="../search.html" method="get"> <input type="text" name="q" /> <input type="submit" value="Go" /> <input type="hidden" name="check_keywords" value="yes" /> <input type="hidden" name="area" value="default" /> </form> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript">$('#searchbox').show(0);</script> </div> </div> <div class="clearer"></div> </div> <div class="related" role="navigation" aria-label="related navigation"> <h3>Navigation</h3> <ul> <li class="right" style="margin-right: 10px"> <a href="../genindex.html" title="General Index" >index</a></li> <li class="right" > <a href="../py-modindex.html" title="Python Module Index" >modules</a> |</li> <li class="right" > <a href="long.html" title="Long Integer Objects" >next</a> |</li> <li class="right" > <a href="int.html" title="Plain Integer Objects" >previous</a> |</li> <li><img src="../_static/py.png" alt="" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-top: -1px"/></li> <li><a href="https://www.python.org/">Python</a> »</li> <li> <a href="../index.html">Python 2.7.18 documentation</a> » </li> <li class="nav-item nav-item-1"><a href="index.html" >Python/C API Reference Manual</a> »</li> <li class="nav-item nav-item-2"><a href="concrete.html" >Concrete Objects Layer</a> »</li> </ul> </div> <div class="footer"> © <a href="../copyright.html">Copyright</a> 1990-2024, Python Software Foundation. <br /> The Python Software Foundation is a non-profit corporation. <a href="https://www.python.org/psf/donations/">Please donate.</a> <br /> Last updated on December 09, 2024. <a href="../bugs.html">Found a bug</a>? <br /> Created using <a href="http://sphinx.pocoo.org/">Sphinx</a> 1.8.5. </div> </body> </html>