[Python-Dev] A Horrible Inconsistency

[Georg Brandl]

Facundo Batista wrote:
> 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"

This is actually a nice idea, because it's even a more nonintuitive
answer for Python newbies posting to c.l.py asking how to reverse
a string <wink>

Georg