[Python-Dev] Syntax quirk

[Alexander Belopolsky]

On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Rob Cliffe <rob.cliffe at btinternet.com> wrote:
..
>>>> 3.__class__
>  File "<stdin>", line 1
>    3.__class__
>              ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>
> Superficially the last example ought to be legal syntax (and return <type
> 'int'>).

If it was valid, then

>>> 3.e+7

would have to raise an attribute error instead of

>>> 3.e+7
30000000.0