On Sun, 16 Feb 2014 10:08:22 +0200, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > Case in point, if everything is a reference, how come: > > >>> "hello".__str__() > 'hello' > >>> 1.__str__() > SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Because it is a syntax error, just like the parser tells you. When the parser sees "1." it expects a floating point number, and "1.__str__()" is not a legal float. There are three simple ways to get the effect that you want: py> x = 1; x.__str__() # don't use a literal '1' py> (1).__str__() # parenthesize the literal '1' py> 1 .__str__() # offset it from the dot with a space '1' -- Steven -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list