[Python-Dev] Mini-Pep: Simplifying the Integral ABC

[Guido van Rossum]

On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 8:45 PM, Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com> wrote:
> Does anyone actually need an int lookalike with binary methods but
> cannot just inherit from int?

Does anyone actually need an int lookalike with operations like +, -
etc. but cannot just inherit from int? If the answer is yes, is there
a compelling reason why they wouldn't want to support binary methods
as well?

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