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> For example (I believe it's already been mentioned) "declaring" intX with some integer value does *nothing* to maintain 
> 
> X as an integer:
> 
> --> intX = 32
> 
> --> intX = intX / 3.0
> 
> --> intX
> 
> 10.6666666666
> 

Yes I did see that it is possible to redefine the type of a variable. But I don't think I would ever do this intentionally; need to be really careful with Python.

Peter