[Edu-sig] Consistency question
Guido van Rossum
guido at python.org
Wed Sep 24 23:07:54 EDT 2003
> So I'm wondering how one gets a handle on int-the-builtin-function versus
> int the integer type (is there such?).
No, there isn't.
> For example:
>
> >>> type(__builtins__.iter)
> <type 'builtin_function_or_method'>
>
> >>> type(__builtins__.issubclass)
> <type 'builtin_function_or_method'>
>
> but
>
> >>> type(__builtins__.int)
> <type 'type'>
>
> It would seem there'd be a builtin_function_or_method named int, in
> addition to the int type, but I can't seem to get at it using dir()
> or type(). Is there a way to bind the built-in int function to a
> name?
The constructor of the int type (actually int.__new__) is what does
all the magic. __new__ methods can return whatever they please:
int("100000000000000000000") returns a long.
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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