Mark Dickinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: > Having different result types based on the input > values would not be "smart" in my book, rather "incredibly fragile".
Well, there are precedents: >>> type(2**3) <type 'int'> >>> type(2**-3) <type 'float'> My initial reaction to this was negative, but I'm struggling to think of situations where it would be bad. I'm also struggling to think of situations where it would be useful. Maybe Monday morning is just a bad time for thinking. :-) Might be worth a discussion on python-ideas, at least? To the OP: you should be aware that getting this accepted into Python would likely be very hard. You'd need at least a PEP explaining clearly the benefits of such a change, a working patch, and strong community support. And even then it might have to wait for Python 4.0. Which Guido has said probably won't happen... ---------- nosy: +marketdickinson _______________________________________ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue4479> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
