How can I make a class that can be converted into an int?

[Mikael Olofsson]

Matthew Wilson wrote:
> What are the internal methods that I need to define on any class so that
> this code can work?
>
> c = C("three")
>
> i = int(c) # i is 3

 From Python Reference Manual, section 3.4.7 Emulating numeric types:

__complex__( self)
__int__( self)
__long__( self)
__float__( self)
     Called to implement the built-in functions complex(), int(), 
long(), and float(). Should return a value of the appropriate type.

/MiO