Ok, that makes more sense now.  Thanks for the clarification.
~Luke

On May 25, 1:05 pm, Abderrahim Kitouni <a.kito...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 25 May 2009 12:48:09 -0700 (PDT)Luke <hazelnu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 1)  Why are there both 'is_Number' and a 'is_number' methods, and why
> > do they return different results?
>
> is_number == True means that this is a number (in the mathematical sense).
> is_Number == True means that this is a Number (or subclass) instance.
> same here, (i.e. an instance of NumberSymbol), generally is_SomeThing means an
> instance of SomeThing, ans is_something means 'something' in the mathematical
> sense.> 2) It seems to me that if something is NumberSymbol, it should also be
> > a Number (or number), but this isn't how pi currently is.
>
> pi.is_number returns True.
>
>
>
> > I'm guessing this part is a work in progress with the assumptions
> > system, but I'm not sure.
>
> HTH,
> Abderrahim
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