On Sun, 15 Jan 2006, Alex Martelli wrote: > Paul Rubin <http://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> I'd like to work on that. The idea would be that all the numeric types >>> are representations of reals with different properties that make them >>> appropriate for different uses. >> >> 2+3j? > > Good point, so s/reals/complex numbers/ -- except for this "detail", > Mike's idea do seem well founded.
1 ** 0.5 ? I do like the mathematical cleanliness of making ints and floats do the right thing when the answer would be complex, but as a pragmatic decision, it might not be the right thing to do. It evidently wasn't thought it was when python's current number system was designed. I think Tim Peters has an opinion on this. tom -- Socialism - straight in the mainline! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
