[Tutor] Why begin a function name with an underscore

[Richard D. Moores]

On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 1:21 AM, Timo <timomlists at gmail.com> wrote:
> Op 28-08-12 10:06, Richard D. Moores schreef:

>> What if I wanted 3., 1234., etc. to be considered ints, as they are by
>> _validate_int()  ?
>
>
>>>> isinstance(3., (int, float))
> True
>
> Because 3. is a float, not int.

And
>>> isinstance(3.7, (int, float))
True

No, I'm asking for something equivalent to _validate_int().

Dick


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