James Henstridge pointed out a misleading comment.

Include/abstract.h

@@ -384,11 +384,9 @@ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx*/
 
      int PyObject_IsTrue(PyObject *o);
 
-	 Returns 1 if the object, o, is considered to be true, and
-	 0 otherwise. This is equivalent to the Python expression:
-	 not not o
-
-	 This function always succeeds.
+	 Returns 1 if the object, o, is considered to be true, 0 if o is
+	 considered to be false and -1 on failure. This is equivalent to the
+	 Python expression: not not o
 
        */
 
@@ -396,11 +394,9 @@ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx*/
 
      int PyObject_Not(PyObject *o);
 
-	 Returns 0 if the object, o, is considered to be true, and
-	 1 otherwise. This is equivalent to the Python expression:
-	 not o
-
-	 This function always succeeds.
+	 Returns 0 if the object, o, is considered to be true, 1 if o is
+	 considered to be false and -1 on failure. This is equivalent to the
+	 Python expression: not o
 
        */