Hi Keshav,

On 2012-03-26, Keshav Kini <keshav.k...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Simon King <simon.k...@uni-jena.de> writes:
>>   sage: is_Integer(int(5))
>>   False
>>   sage: is_Integer(5/1)
>>   False
>>   sage: int(5) in ZZ
>>   True
>>   sage: 5/1 in ZZ
>>   True
>
> Huh. It seems like this is the opposite of what you'd expect, doesn't
> it? "object in object" seems to be a query of whether a certain thing is
> in a certain data structure,

I couldn't disagree more. "object in object" is a query whether a
certain thing is in a certain *mathematical* structure.

Cheers,
Simon

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