[Python-Dev] Semantics of int(), index() (original) (raw)
Cameron Simpson cs at zip.com.au
Thu Apr 4 00:07:14 CEST 2013
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On 03Apr2013 14:47, Hrvoje Niksic <hrvoje.niksic at avl.com> wrote: | On 04/03/2013 01:17 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote: | Why would one want to be absolutely sure of getting an int?
So that arithmetic can be relied upon? If a subclass can override the add methods etc it can look like an int, be a subclass instance of an int, and yet not act like an int in all ways.
If I go int(x), I personally want a real int out the end of it.
Cameron Simpson <cs at zip.com.au>
Q: What's the difference between a psychotic and a neurotic? A: A psychotic doesn't believe that 2 + 2 = 4. A neurotic knows it's true, but it bothers him.
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