Does Python need a '>>>' operator?

[Ken Peek]

"Max Ischenko" <max at malva.com.uaREMOVE.IT> wrote in message
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|  Ken Peek wrote:
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| > 5) These two types (int and long) _CAN_ be unified for
| > _ALL_ operators and methods-- I know they can, because the
| > language known as "Ruby" does a very good job of it.  In
| > Ruby, there is simply no difference (at least visibly) to
| > the programmer _at_all_.  The 2 types are automatically
| > converted back and forth without the knowledge or consent
| > of the programmer.  If Ruby does it, so can Python.
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| Not quite:
| irb(main):001:0> 1222.class
| Fixnum
| irb(main):002:0> 12232333333333332.class
| Bignum
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| For me, Common Lisp's numeric types look like a good source of
| inspiration.
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| --
| BOFH excuse #71:
| The file system is full of it

I'm not suggesting that you shouldn't be able to peek inside an object and find
out the internal representation.  But-- rather-- in common use, it should be
invisible.  You give a poor example, because you are deliberately ASKING Ruby to
give you the type, (which it does dutifully, and correctly.)