[Python-Dev] Numeric conversions

[Aahz]

On Sun, Jun 02, 2002, David Abrahams wrote:
>
> The following small program is giving me some unexpected results with
> Python 2.2.1:
> 
> class Int(object):
>     def __int__(self): return 10
> 
> class Float(object):
>     def __float__(self): return 10.0
> 
> ----- results ------
> 
> int(Int)                10
> int(Float)              TypeError: object can't be converted to int

Um.  I'm confuzzled.  Float doesn't have an __int__ method; why do you
expect it to work?
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