--- Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 26 May 2007 18:48:45 -0700, Steve Howell > wrote: > > > It also has a ComplexNumber class, but I don't > want to > > scare away mathphobes. > > Is it as short as this one-liner? > > ComplexNumber = complex >
The "It" above refers to *the* Python Tutorial, written by Guido van Rossum. Here is an excerpt: >>> class Complex: ... def __init__(self, realpart, imagpart): ... self.r = realpart ... self.i = imagpart ... >>> x = Complex(3.0, -4.5) >>> x.r, x.i (3.0, -4.5) Obviously, it's not surprising that a useful class in a tutorial would have a corresponding implementation in the standard library, but I'm not sure newbies would learn much about classes from this statement: ComplexNumber = complex ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396546091 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list