Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka+cpyt...@gmail.com> added the comment:
The current status: * Decimal and Fraction are no longer automatically converted to int when pass to functions implemented in C. PyLong_AsLong() etc no longer call __int__. (see issue36048 and issue37999) * operator.index() and PyNumber_Index() always return an instance of exact type int. (see issue40792) * int() and PyNumber_Long() always return an instance of exact type int. (see issue26984) * __index__ is used as a fallback if __int__ is not defined. (see issue20092) But: * __index__ and __int__ are not called for int subclasses in operator.index() and int() (also in the C API PyNumber_Index(), PyNumber_Long(), PyLong_AsLong(), etc). * Instances of int sublasses are accepted as result of __index__ and __int__ (but it is deprecated). * The Python implementation of operator.index() differs from the C implementation in many ways. (see issue18712) What I prefer as solutions of the remaining issues: * It is good to not call __index__ and __int__ for int subclasses. __index__ and __int__ were designed for converting non-integers to int. There are no good use cases for overriding __index__ and __int__ in int subclasses, and calling them is just a waste of time. We should just document this behavior. * Undeprecate accepting __index__ and __int__ returning instances of int sublasses. There is no difference from the side of using int and index(), but it can simplify user implementations of __index__ and __int__. * Either sync the pure Python implementation of operator.index() with the C implementation or get rid of Python implementation of the operator module at all. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue17576> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
