[Python-Dev] A Horrible Inconsistency

[Facundo Batista]

2006/5/26, Sean Reifschneider <jafo-python-dev at tummy.com>:

> On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 12:37:02PM -0300, Facundo Batista wrote:
> >- Treat the negative as a reverser, so we get back (3, 2, 1).
>
> Then we could get:
>
>    >>> print -123
>    321

An integer is NOT a sequence.

OTOH, that should be consistent to

>>> -1 * "123"
"321"

And remember I voted for returning an error, ;)

-- 
.    Facundo

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