Boris Borcic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Complex numbers are like a subclass of real numbers
I wouldn't use the term "subclass". It certainly doesn't apply in the same sense it applies in OOPLs. For example, you can't say, "All complex numbers are real numbers". In fact, just the opposite. But, it's equally wrong to say, "real numbers are a subclass of complex numbers", at least not if you believe in LSP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liskov_substitution_principle). For example, it is true that you can take the square root of all complex numbers. It is not, however, true that you can take square root of all real numbers. Don't confuse "subset" with "subclass". The set of real numbers *is* a subset of the set of complex numbers. It is *not* true that either reals or complex numbers are a subclass of the other. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
