2008/6/6 Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 8:45 PM, Raymond Hettinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Does anyone actually need an int lookalike with binary methods but >> cannot just inherit from int? > > Does anyone actually need an int lookalike with operations like +, - > etc. but cannot just inherit from int? If the answer is yes, is there > a compelling reason why they wouldn't want to support binary methods > as well?
I have no vested interest either way, but I think someone mentioned creating a long int equivalent based on Decimal earlier in the thread. Wrappers for the gmp library might also want to do this. It's hardly the world's biggest use case, though... Paul. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
