gh-91038: Change default argument value to `False` instead of `0` (#31621)
The argument is used as a switch and corresponds to a boolean logic. Therefore it is more intuitive to use the corresponding constant `False` as default value instead of the integer `0`.
Co-authored-by: Shantanu <12621235+hauntsaninja@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Oleg Iarygin <oleg@arhadthedev.net>
diff --git a/Doc/library/platform.rst b/Doc/library/platform.rst
index a0c9f63..69c4dfc 100644
--- a/Doc/library/platform.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/platform.rst
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
string is returned if the value cannot be determined.
-.. function:: platform(aliased=0, terse=0)
+.. function:: platform(aliased=False, terse=False)
Returns a single string identifying the underlying platform with as much useful
information as possible.
diff --git a/Lib/platform.py b/Lib/platform.py
index 2dfaf76..f2b0d1d 100755
--- a/Lib/platform.py
+++ b/Lib/platform.py
@@ -1246,7 +1246,7 @@ def python_compiler():
_platform_cache = {}
-def platform(aliased=0, terse=0):
+def platform(aliased=False, terse=False):
""" Returns a single string identifying the underlying platform
with as much useful information as possible (but no more :).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-02-26-12-37-17.gh-issue-91038.S4rFH_.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-02-26-12-37-17.gh-issue-91038.S4rFH_.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2667ff1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-02-26-12-37-17.gh-issue-91038.S4rFH_.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+:meth:`platform.platform` now has boolean default arguments.
