http://bugs.python.org/review/16036/diff/6079/Doc/library/functions.rst File Doc/library/functions.rst (right): http://bugs.python.org/review/16036/diff/6079/Doc/library/functions.rst#newc... Doc/library/functions.rst:636: arguments are given. If *x* is a number, return :meth:`x.__int__() On 2012/10/01 01:45:03, cvrebert wrote:

How is "number-ness" determined? Are we just assuming anything with an __int__() method is a number for purposes of explanation?

Yes. http://bugs.python.org/review/16036/diff/6079/Doc/library/functions.rst#newc... Doc/library/functions.rst:650: ``int('010')`` is, as well as ``int('010', 8)``. On 2012/10/01 01:45:03, cvrebert wrote:

Shouldn't we mention somewhere that this raises ValueError and TypeError?

This paragraph might be rephrased a bit. http://bugs.python.org/review/16036/