> I believe there's a general law of physics and/or informatics at work > here...
That sounds right to me - it's some form of perpetual motion ;') And I can see other difficulties. unstring the "5" in x = "5" and that would work, but unstring x = "Bob" and Python thinks Bob is a nonexistent variable name and shouts at you. -- Jim Scorn that fancy food - put bread in your head! _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor