On 24/05/2021 09.32, Rob Cliffe wrote:
One day you may want to write (as you can in Python)
class int(int):
.....
to shadow the built-in 'int' type with a modified version. I'm not
suggesting this has many real world applications, but it can be fun to
play with. Python has a "consenting adults" policy: it assumes that if
you do something weird, you're doing it deliberately, and it doesn't try
to stop you. I am sure after a little more experience with Python you
will remember the commonest built-in types (int, float, list, dict, str
In my early days of writing python, I created lists named "list",
dictionaries named "dict", and strings named "str". I mostly know better
now, but sometimes still need to restrain my fingers.
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Michael F. Stemper
Nostalgia just ain't what it used to be.
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