Result object that can act like a string or a boolean when needed.

complex result

"""
Proof of concept

Returning a tuple is nice in python but it would be better if we could return
an object that was truthy when compared and stringy when cast as a string

@author Matthew Purdon
"""
from collections import namedtuple


class Result(namedtuple('Result', ['success', 'message'])):
	"""
	Represents a result and message

	"""
	def __str__(self):
		return str(self.message)

	def __bool__(self):
		return self.success

	# Point the Python 2 version at the Python 3 version
	__nonzero__ = __bool__


def main():
	good_result = Result(True, "Winning")
	print good_result
	print "yes" if good_result else "no"

	bad_result = Result(False, "Fail Whale")
	print bad_result
	print "yes" if bad_result else "no"

if __name__ == "__main__":
	main()