On Tuesday, February 26, 2013 11:59:51 AM UTC-7, Ethan Furman wrote: > On 02/26/2013 10:23 AM, ru...@yahoo.com wrote: > > On 02/26/2013 01:32 AM, Larry Hudson wrote: > >> Python variables do NOT have any data type. > > I have no problem interpreting the OP's statement > > as meaning that he wanted to use a Python variable to > > consistently reference a particular type and wanted a name > > that would remind him of that type. > > Which is all well and good, so long as the OP also realizes > that the name does not have any restriction's on it from > Python's side, and certain functions will end up pointing > the name at a different object with a possibly different type > than his original, as in my int/float example.
Which I presume he did, given that he responded to your post with: On Sunday, February 24, 2013 5:08:06 PM UTC-7, piterrr....@gmail.com wrote: [...] > Yes I did see that it is possible to redefine the type of a variable. > But I don't think I would ever do this intentionally; need to be really > careful with Python. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
