title: Is multiple type-casting in python bad?
body: <p>Say I have a variable in python called <code>my_boolean = False</code>
  I want an end result to be: <code>my_bool = "0"</code> 
  The only way i can think of doing this is. 
  <code>my_bool = str(int(my_boolean))</code>, a double type-casting. </p>
  
  <p>Is there a better way of doing this?
  Disadvantages? Advantages? 
  What happens internally?</p>