[Python-Dev] Semantics of __int__(), __index__()

[Antoine Pitrou]

Le Tue, 2 Apr 2013 09:53:41 +0100,
Mark Dickinson <dickinsm at gmail.com> a écrit :
> On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Mark Shannon <mark at hotpy.org> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Hence my original question: what *should* the semantics be?
> >
> >
> I like Nick's answer to that: int *should* always return something of
> exact type int.  Otherwise you're always left wondering whether you
> have to do "int(int(x))", or perhaps even "int(int(int(x)))", to be
> absolutely sure of getting an int.

Agreed.

Antoine.