Topic: extension active attribute false instead of 0

In the files admin/inst_module.php (line 42) and includes/packages.inc (line 518), the extensions array element 'active' is assigned as false instead of 0.

During normal usage, the installed_extensions.php files toggle it between 0 and 1 and it is never set as true anywhere. Is this the desired functionality - boolean false on install and then integer 0 / 1 during usage?