True=False assignment in Python 2.x [duplicate]

Answer 1

Typing

True = False

you create a new variable called True, which value you assign to False.

Answering your second question, True and False are customized versions of integers 1 and 0 (technically speaking, subclasses), which just have a different string representation.

Answer 2

Python actually has very few reserved words. All the rest are subject to redefinition. It's up to you to be careful!

Answer 3

>>> True = False
False

In the above assignment, True is just a variable like any other variable you use. Its scope is limited to the current scope. So you can assign any values to it like in the below example. Note that the comparison 2 < 3 still prints True, because you have still access to builtin.

>>> True = 3
>>> True
3
>>> 2 < 3
True

Answer 4

True, just like str or any other builtin, is just a name that exists in the scope by default. You can rebind it like any other such name.