anomaly

[Mark Lawrence]

On 10/05/2015 23:59, Mark Rosenblitt-Janssen wrote:
> On 5/10/15, Mark Rosenblitt-Janssen <dreamingforward at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Here's something that might be wrong in Python (tried on v2.7):
>>
>>>>> class int(str): pass
>>
>>>>> int(3)
>> '3'
>>
>> Mark
>>
> Here's where this exploration came from.  I've (once again) been
> contemplating the OO nature.
>
> It's clear to me that there needs to be a distinction between
> specialization of an object vs. expansion of an object (a new term I'm
> proposing to the OOP lexicon).  The latter *adds* more functionality
> (like what everyone does with the Object class), while the former
> changes the behavior of some class for more specific behavior that was
> not programmed in the original class.
>
> It's a difference between, for example, concrete base types and ABCs.
> Python artificially tried to make int inherit from object, just
> because it can, but this is wrong.  It`s messed with the Zen-thing.
> "Purity has hammered practicality [like the fact that we actually have
> to work on concrete types in the CPU] into the ground. " (addition
> mine).
>
> Sorry I can't spend more time clarifying.  I hope that there's at
> least one person who sees the issue.
>
> Mark
>

It strikes me that you haven't a clue about Python and worse still 
you're top posting, please don't.

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence