On 05/10/2015 05:48 PM, zipher wrote:
On Sunday, May 10, 2015 at 11:44:36 AM UTC-5, Ian wrote:
On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 10:34 AM, Mark Rosenblitt-Janssen
<dreamingforw...@gmail.com> wrote:
Here's something that might be wrong in Python (tried on v2.7):
class int(str): pass
This defines a new class named "int" that is a subclass of str. It has
no relation to the builtin class int.
int(3)
'3'
This creates an instance of the above "int" class, which is basically
equivalent to calling "str(3)".
Were you expecting a different result?
Sorry, yes. If you're going to define a concept called "keywords", I don't
think you should allow them to be shadowed by a class definition.
Mark
Huh? Python has plenty of keywords, and indeed, none of them can be
redefined or shadowed. But you would gain nothing (and lose a bit or
dynamic-language freedom) by making int a keyword.
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