[petsc-users] petsc4py bool type

[Barry Smith]

> On Apr 25, 2017, at 8:27 PM, Jed Brown <jed at jedbrown.org> wrote:
> 
> Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> writes:
> 
>>> On Apr 25, 2017, at 1:36 PM, Zhang, Hong <hongzhang at anl.gov> wrote:
>>> 
>>> PetscBool is indeed an int. So there is nothing wrong. PETSc does not use bool in order to support C89.
>> 
>>  Yes, but in Python using a bool is more natural. For example in Fortran PETSc uses the Fortran logical as the PetscBool
> 
> Right, there is no requirement or even convenience in the Python native
> type having the same bit representation.

  Hopefully the petsc4py developers or users could add implementation "feature".