On Mar 8, 11:13 am, Paul Rubin <http://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pierre Quentel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I would like to know if there is a module that converts a string to a > > value of the "most probable type" > > Python 2.4.4 (#1, Oct 23 2006, 13:58:00) > >>> import this > The Zen of Python, by Tim Peters > ... > In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.
Reminds me of the story about the avionics software for a fighter plane which when faced with the situation of being exactly upside-down refused to guess whether it should initiate a left roll or a right roll :-) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list