On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 3:03 AM, Ken Elkabany <k...@elkabany.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I am attempting to fully-simulate an 'int' object with a custom object type. > It is part of a library I am creating for python futures and promises. Is > there anyway such that type(my_object) can return <type 'int'>? Or for that > matter, any other primitive? I do not care how dirty the solution might > possibly be; Could there be a way through the C API? Though I predict it > will cause a mess with the interpreter.
Any particular reason why subclassing 'int' wouldn't be good enough? (You did know you can do that, right?) I know you can subclass int at the Python level and I would think you should be able to do it at the C level also (if not, the design just gets only slightly more involved). Cheers, Chris -- Follow the path of the Iguana... http://rebertia.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
