Frank Millman <fr...@chagford.com> writes: > I know I am flogging a dead horse here, but IMHO, '165', '165.', > '165.0', and '165.00' are all valid string representations of the > integer 165.[1]
I disagree entirely. Once you introduce a decimal point into the representation, you're no longer representing an integer. (They might be the same *number*, but that's not saying the same thing.) -- \ “I saw a sign: ‘Rest Area 25 Miles’. That's pretty big. Some | `\ people must be really tired.” —Steven Wright | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
