Python max() and min() values for bool

Question

In python interpreter,

min(True,False)==False
max(True,False)==True

is assured by design?

Answer 1

True is equal to 1 and False is 0

Answer 2

It seems, at least in CPython, bool subclasses int. Therefore, you can do:

>>> abs(False)
0
>>> abs(True)
1

and:

>>> False < True
True
>>> True > False
True

I guess max and min work on the comparison operator:

>>> cmp(False, True)
-1
>>> cmp(True, False)
1
>>> cmp(False, False)
0
>>> cmp(True, True)
0