r...@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) writes: >>On Fri, 25 Aug 2017 11:25 am, Ben Bacarisse wrote: >>With that in mind, "an Integral" is a shorthand for "an Integral value", > > In math, an integral value is called an /integer/. > Therefore, in math, it would seem strange to avoid the noun > /integer/ using /integral/ as a noun. > > In a programming language with formal types, however, > "an integer value" can be something different than > "an Integer value", which in turn can be something > different than "an Integral value".
I think you are agreeing with the text you quote, yes? (But including the part you cut that gives meaning to "With that in mind".) I ask because I am often not sure if you are making some subtle point I've missed. <snip> -- Ben. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
