Converting a string to a number by using INT (no hash method)

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:32:58 -0800, alex23 wrote:

> On Jan 23, 2:40 am, Dave Angel <d... at davea.name> wrote:
>> Unless you constrain your users to very restrictive filenames, what you
>> ask here simply cannot be done.
> 
> He's also INSISTED in other threads that these files should be moveable
> at will by other users and still be recognisable as the same file. So
> yes: troll or willful ignorance seems to be what we're seeing here.

Definitely troll, and we got well and truly had.

Shame on us -- he practically *screamed* "I am a troll" in his user-name. 
"Ferrous Cranus" ("Iron Skull") is the name of a particular subspecies of 
troll in Mike Reed's well known compendium:

http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/ferouscranus.htm


How many days was he posting here, pretending to be dumber than a box of 
hammers? How many hours have we collectively wasted, reading and replying 
to his posts?

I wouldn't even trust that he is Greek. Quite likely he uses a non-
English attribution line to hint that English is not his first language, 
so his victims will think that there is a language barrier. "Maybe he 
doesn't understand me. If I answer again, in a slightly different way, 
perhaps it will be more clear."



-- 
Steven