On 10/9/06, Christoph Haas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, I know Perl makes "0" from anything that doesn't look like a number > but Python's principle is to never hide errors while Perl makes certain > assumptions. So Python prefers to complain.
And raises real exceptions moreover, instead of leaving you with a string and holding the bag. I still like Perl after a fashion, but c'mon, Konrad Zuse thought of real exceptions handling in 19--bleeding--46. -- Theerasak -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list