Max. M.: > So I wondered if there was a simlpler way to coerce the result into my > desired types rather than overwriting the __add__, __sub__ etc. methods?
Tim Peters: >> Generally speaking, no. But I'm sure someone will torture you with a >> framework that purports to make it easy <wink>. I will not dispute the Timbot assessment ;) He is also right that people have already undergone under this level of torture: see http://tinyurl.com/6m373 for instance. Michele Simionato -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list