From: Serge Orlov <sombDELETE@...>
Date: 2004-01-21T06:45:01+09:00
Subject: Re: New to Python: my impression v. Perl/Ruby


"Ville Vainio" <ville.spamstermeister.vainio@thisisspamprotectiontut.finland> wrote in message
news:du71xpue3rm.fsf@mozart.cc.tut.fi...
> >>>>> "Phil" == Phil Tomson <ptkwt@aracnet.com> writes:
>
>     Phil> Different strokes for different folks, I guess.  I remember
>     Phil> that one of the first things I saw about Ruby was that even
>     Phil> interger literals were objects that can receive messages and
>     Phil> thinking how wonderful that was.  As you say, you're not
>
> Ints are objects in python too:
>
> >>> a=1
> >>> a.__lshift__(1)
> 2
>
> Though "sending messages" to int literals is a syntax error.

Try this:
>>> (1).__lshift__(1)
2

-- Serge.