anomaly
Rustom Mody
rustompmody at gmail.com
Sun May 10 12:48:15 EDT 2015
On Sunday, May 10, 2015 at 10:14:36 PM UTC+5:30, Ian wrote:
> On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 10:34 AM, Mark Rosenblitt-Janssen wrote:
> > Here's something that might be wrong in Python (tried on v2.7):
> >
> >>>> class int(str): pass
>
> This defines a new class named "int" that is a subclass of str. It has
> no relation to the builtin class int.
>
> >>>> int(3)
> > '3'
>
> This creates an instance of the above "int" class, which is basically
> equivalent to calling "str(3)".
>
> Were you expecting a different result?
In C (family) languages int is a keyword
>From that pov this is completely bizarre
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