On Sunday, May 10, 2015 at 10:14:36 PM UTC+5:30, Ian wrote: > On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 10:34 AM, Mark Rosenblitt-Janssen wrote: > > Here's something that might be wrong in Python (tried on v2.7): > > > >>>> class int(str): pass > > This defines a new class named "int" that is a subclass of str. It has > no relation to the builtin class int. > > >>>> int(3) > > '3' > > This creates an instance of the above "int" class, which is basically > equivalent to calling "str(3)". > > Were you expecting a different result?
In C (family) languages int is a keyword >From that pov this is completely bizarre -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
