[Python-Dev] PEP: Adding data-type objects to Python (original) (raw)

Travis E. Oliphant oliphant.travis at ieee.org
Sat Oct 28 08:45:55 CEST 2006

Martin v. Löwis wrote:

Travis E. Oliphant schrieb:

The datatype is an object that specifies how a certain block of memory should be interpreted as a basic data-type.

>>> datatype(float) datatype('float64') I can't speak on the specific merits of this proposal, or whether this kind of functionality is desirable. However, I'm -1 on the addition of a builtin for this functionality (the PEP doesn't actually say that there is another builtin, but the examples suggest so).

I was intentionally vague. I don't see a need for it to be a built-in, but didn't know where exactly to "put it," I should have made it a question for discussion.

-Travis

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