Weak Type Ability for Python

[Chris Angelico]

On Thu, 13 Apr 2023 at 15:40, <avi.e.gross at gmail.com> wrote:
> And, no, I do not suggest 2.5 be interpreted as putting in an
> approximate percentage so that .8 * "Hello" should result in "Hell" ...

$ pike
Pike v8.1 release 15 running Hilfe v3.5 (Incremental Pike Frontend)
Ok.
> "Hello, world! " * 2.5;
(1) Result: "Hello, world! Hello, world! Hello, "
> "Hello, world! Hello, world! Hello, " / 10;
(2) Result: ({ /* 3 elements */
                "Hello, wor",
                "ld! Hello,",
                " world! He"
            })
> "Hello, world! Hello, world! Hello, " % 10;
(3) Result: "llo, "
> "Hello, world! Hello, world! Hello, " / 10.0;
(4) Result: ({ /* 4 elements */
                "Hello, wor",
                "ld! Hello,",
                " world! He",
                "llo, "
            })
>

Multiplying and dividing strings by floats makes perfect sense. (The
({ }) notation is Pike's array literal syntax; consider it equivalent
to Python's square brackets for a list.)

ChrisA