On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 4:06 PM, Rustom Mody <rustompmody at gmail.com> wrote: > As for string and number how is > "1" + "2" == "12" > related to > 1+2 == 3 > ?? They're both adding stuff together. Makes good sense. Personally, I'd like str+int -> str, eg "1"+2 == "12", but Python decided otherwise. We definitely agree on str+str though. ChrisA