In article <b2971c4d-0769-4d03-a7b6-c527629a8...@x39g2000yqx.googlegroups.com>, Ranting Rick <rantingrickjohn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>We DON'T want Python to silently convert "cost" to a string. What we >DO want is to force the author to use the str function thereby making >the conversion explicit. We do want Python to silently convert "cost" to a string in the proper context. cost= 3.75 print( cost ) > >Same with converting objects to bools. I think "if" is sufficient context to convert something to a boolean. It now is a matter of good taste and what fits best in Python as a whole. Nothing to be dogmatic about. Groetjes Albert -- -- Albert van der Horst, UTRECHT,THE NETHERLANDS Economic growth -- being exponential -- ultimately falters. albert@spe&ar&c.xs4all.nl &=n http://home.hccnet.nl/a.w.m.van.der.horst -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
