int('blah') is not a type error because the int() function is expecting to be
given a string, and it was given a string. The 'blah' is of the correct type.
The problem is that int() couldn't do anything useful with the value of that
string.
Steve
On 12-Jun-2013, at 14:41, Jim Mooney <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dave Angel <[email protected]>
>
> import math
> print math.sqrt(-1)
>
> Ah, that's what I was looking for. I already saw it trip on type mismatches
> like int('blah'). I was looking for what would be an actual inappropriate
> value that was still the right type. Although I'm not sure why int('blah')
> wouldn't be a type error rather than a value error.
>
> Jim
>
>
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