[Python-Dev] Mini-Pep: Simplifying the Integral ABC

[Paul Moore]

2008/6/6 Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org>:
> On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 8:45 PM, Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com> wrote:
>> Does anyone actually need an int lookalike with binary methods but
>> cannot just inherit from int?
>
> Does anyone actually need an int lookalike with operations like +, -
> etc. but cannot just inherit from int? If the answer is yes, is there
> a compelling reason why they wouldn't want to support binary methods
> as well?

I have no vested interest either way, but I think someone mentioned
creating a long int equivalent based on Decimal earlier in the thread.
Wrappers for the gmp library might also want to do this. It's hardly
the world's biggest use case, though...

Paul.