diff --git a/wxPython/src/mac/wx.py b/wxPython/src/mac/wx.py
index c3e2bb5cc4..7c619bf625 100644
--- a/wxPython/src/mac/wx.py
+++ b/wxPython/src/mac/wx.py
@@ -1603,6 +1603,12 @@ class _DeprecatedNonBool:
         import warnings
         warnings.warn("Use Python's %s instead" % self.__txt, DeprecationWarning, 3)
         return self.__val
+    def __nonzero__(self):
+        return self.__int__()
+    def __repr__(self):
+        if self.__val: text = "True"
+        else: text = "False"
+        return "_DeprecatedNonBool: %s" % text
 
 TRUE  = true  = _DeprecatedNonBool(True, 'True')
 FALSE = false = _DeprecatedNonBool(False, 'False')