At 04:06 PM 10/27/2007, Alan Gauld wrote: >"Dick Moores" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > > >> Hence if type(n) is already long it does not have to get converted > >> to int to accommodate something small. > > > > And that's not a bug? > >No its expected behaviour. >If you start with a float and add an integer the result is a float. >Why should long act any different? > > >>> n = 4.0 > >>> n + 2 >6.0
So you're saying that it's to be expected that the analogy, "int is to long as int is to float" will hold. But why should it be expected to hold? float and long are completely different animals, no? Dick _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
