>>> int="five" >>> [int(i) for i in ["1","2","3"]] TypeError: str is not callable
> Now how are you going to get the original int type back? Magic. :-) >>> int = "five" >>> int("a") Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> TypeError: 'str' object is not callable >>> from __builtin__ import int as _int >>> _int("5") 5 Not sure of the magic necessary in Python 3. This is definitely something you don't want to make a habit of... S -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list