Guido van Rossum wrote:
> In general I've come to appreciate that there are two ways of
> converting an object of type A to an object of type B: ask an A
> instance to convert itself to a B, or ask the type B to create a new
> instance from an A.
And the difference between the two isn't even always that clear cut. Sometimes
you'll ask type B to create a new instance from an A, and then while you're
not looking type B cheats and goes and asks the A instance to do it instead ;)
Cheers,
Nick.
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Nick Coghlan | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Brisbane, Australia
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