Alex Martelli wrote:
I still wouldn't see any "inconsistency" even if two different ways of proceeding gave the same result in a certain case. That would be like saying that having x-(-y) give the same result as x+y (when x and y are numbers) is ``inconsistent''... the word ``inconsistent'' just doesn't MEAN that!
"Inconsistent" means sort of the reverse: one way of proceeding giving different results. But the fact that the same operation on objects of different types may well give different results isn't _inconsistent_ -- it's the sole purpose of HAVING different types in the first place...!
Ok! I said I was confused in the first place!
G.
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