Steven D'Aprano wrote:
Oh nonsense. Many programming languages have mutable floats.
That's irrelevant. Python doesn't. So introducing one will quite
likely alter the OP's code's behavior. It doesn't matter if it's
possible, it matters whether the existing code's behav
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:45:47 -0400, Dave Angel wrote:
The answer to your original question is no. If the value can be
changed, then it doesn't behave like a float. And that's not just a
pedantic answer, it's a serious consideration.
Oh nonsense. Many programmi
eric.le.bi...@spectro.jussieu.fr wrote:
Thanks Dave for your thoughtful remarks, which you sent right when I
was writing a response to the previous posts.
I was wondering about a kind "mutable float"; so you're right, it's
not fully a float, because it's mutable. I'd like to have an object
that
eric.le.bi...@spectro.jussieu.fr wrote:
It looks like what is needed here are a kind of "mutable float". Is
there a simple way of creating such a type? I don't mind changing the
value through x.value =.23 instead of x = 1.23... :)
On Apr 14, 3:03 pm, eric.le.bi...@spectro.jussieu.fr wrote:
