PEP0238 lament

[Terry Reedy]

"Guido van Rossum" <guido at python.org> wrote in message
news:cp4rrz95iu.fsf at cj20424-a.reston1.va.home.com...
> I don't see when a unified number system would ever be less
convenient
> than the current number system,

*My* worry, based on some of your expressed views, is that you might
someday decide to *unify* ints and floats by eliminating ints |-(

> Using the new type/class unification in Python 2.2, you will be able
> to subtype the int or long types easily to create your own
constrained
> types.

Thanks for answering my unasked question 8-).

Terry J. Reedy