Are "bool" values objects in Python?

Yes, "bool" values are objects in Python. In fact, all data values in Python are objects.

In Python, "bool" is defined as a sub class of the "int" object class with the following interesting properties, constructors, and methods:

bool.__doc__ - Property holding a short description of "bool" objects.

bool.__new__() - Constructor returning an "int" object. It can be invoked as bool(). For example:

>>> bool.__new__(bool, True)
True
>>> bool.__new__(bool, "True")
True
>>> bool("True")
True

bool.__and__() - Instance method for the AND operation. For example:

>>> (True).__and__(False)
False
>>> True & False
False

bool.bit_length() - Instance method inherited the "int" class, returning the number of bits used to store this Boolean value. For example:

>>> (True).bit_length()
1
>>> (False).bit_length()
0

You can use the dir(bool) function to see all members of the "bool" class:

>>> dir(bool)
['__abs__', '__add__', '__and__', '__bool__', '__ceil__', '__class__', 
'__delatt r__', '__dir__', '__divmod__', '__doc__', '__eq__', '__float__', 
'__floor__', '_ _floordiv__', '__format__', '__ge__', '__getattribute__', 
'__getnewargs__', '__g t__', '__hash__', '__index__', '__init__', 
'__init_subclass__', '__int__', '__in vert__', '__le__', '__lshift__', 
'__lt__', '__mod__', '__mul__', '__ne__', '__ne g__', '__new__', '__or__', 
'__pos__', '__pow__', '__radd__', '__rand__', '__rdiv mod__', '__reduce__', 
'__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__rfloordiv__', '__rlshift__ ', '__rmod__', 
'__rmul__', '__ror__', '__round__', '__rpow__', '__rrshift__', '_ _rshift__', 
'__rsub__', '__rtruediv__', '__rxor__', '__setattr__', '__sizeof__',  
'__str__', '__sub__', '__subclasshook__', '__truediv__', '__trunc__', 
'__xor__' , 'bit_length', 'conjugate', 'denominator', 'from_bytes', 'imag', 
'numerator', ' real', 'to_bytes']

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