On Sun, 12 Feb 2017 02:34 pm, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 2:27 PM, Steve D'Aprano
> <steve+pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote:
>>>
>>> For example:
>>>
>>> >>> ast.literal_eval("( 1.0, 3 )").__class__.__name__
>>> 'tuple'
>>
>>
>> In what way does returning a tuple match the requirement "return an int
>> or a float or generate an error message"?
>
> Easy. You just use a version of Python in which tuple is a subclass of
> int.
Wouldn't a subclass of float be more appropriate? After all, floats have a
mantissa and an exponent, which kinda makes them a tuple...
*tongue firmly in cheek*
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