From: Austin Ziegler Date: 2004-01-22T13:12:41+09:00 Subject: Re: New to Python: my impression v. Perl/Ruby On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 06:12:37 +0900, Sam Roberts wrote: > j = i + 1 > Is i necessarily a number? Nope. What does that statement do? Depends on > what i is! And j, for that matter. Actually, only i matters for whether the result of i + 1 is a number. -austin -- austin ziegler * austin@halostatue.ca * Toronto, ON, Canada software designer * pragmatic programmer * 2004.01.21 * 23.12.00