Marshall wrote: > point. My point was, I don't see why you'd be writing code using > operators that you thought might not be applicable to the operands.
I see. I thought your point was that you might write code for which you didn't know the type of arguments. Unless you equate "type" with what smalltalk calls "protocol" (i.e., the type is the collection of operators applicable to values in the type), these are two different statements. -- Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST) Native Americans used every part of the buffalo, including the wings. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list