Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: > All that said, I agree with Mark that math.e is at best an attractive > nuisance.
Why don't we fix the nuisance part without making it less attractive: class _E(float): def __pow__(self, other): if self is e: return exp(other) else: return pow(self, other) e = _E(2.718281828...) > It's okay if Python occasionally shows its lighter side in unexpected places. I would rather see from math import π work in the future Pythons. I like Vi Hart, but I am firmly on the π side in the π vs. τ debate. The problem with τ is that it is visually smaller than π, actually twice smaller: π ≈ ττ, but the actual definition is the opposite. ---------- nosy: +belopolsky _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue12345> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com