[Tutor] Value Error

[Roel Schroeven]

Jim Mooney schreef:
> Although I'm not sure why int('blah') wouldn't be a type error rather
> than a value error.

Because passing a string to int() is perfectly okay, as long as the 
string has an appropriate value: int('42') works, int('forty two') 
raises ValueError.

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