Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!xlned.com!feeder7.xlned.com!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.001 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'remind': 0.05; 'python': 0.09; 'from:addr:ethan': 0.09; 'from:addr:stoneleaf.us': 0.09; 'from:name:ethan furman': 0.09; 'message-id:@stoneleaf.us': 0.09; 'received:184.172': 0.09; 'received:gator410.hostgator.com': 0.09; '~ethan~': 0.09; 'interpreting': 0.16; 'received:gateway01.websitewelcome.com': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'example.': 0.17; 'variables': 0.17; 'variable': 0.20; "python's": 0.23; 'statement': 0.23; 'header:In- Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'am,': 0.27; 'possibly': 0.27; 'larry': 0.29; 'certain': 0.33; 'problem': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'wanted': 0.36; 'does': 0.37; 'data': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'object': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'end': 0.40; 'email addr:yahoo.com': 0.61; 'different': 0.63; 'received:69.56': 0.65; 'good,': 0.91 Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:59:51 -0800 From: Ethan Furman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130106 Thunderbird/17.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: Python Newbie References: <928d2cf7-728b-4f35-b8c9-4c9b958507e5@googlegroups.com> <8eadd52c-d533-4333-8c7f-7bf3a6d7b046@googlegroups.com> <9p1ii899tkalvfd1cl7sneoqa9t1cqh4oj@invalid.netcom.com> <5129482F.3080402@gmail.com> <512a5199$0$29998$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <5a3bf25b-a08b-4084-a940-e1fd05a1045d@googlegroups.com> <_bydnXYqUoiw7rHMnZ2dnUVZ_judnZ2d@giganews.com> <5982329b-9127-4b26-a619-ccba94a441d0@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <5982329b-9127-4b26-a619-ccba94a441d0@googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - gator410.hostgator.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - python.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - stoneleaf.us X-BWhitelist: yes X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: ([173.12.184.235]) [173.12.184.235]:34459 X-Source-Auth: ethan+stoneleaf.us X-Email-Count: 3 X-Source-Cap: dG9idWs7dG9idWs7Z2F0b3I0MTAuaG9zdGdhdG9yLmNvbQ== X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 15 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1361906260 news.xs4all.nl 6969 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:56936 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:39994 On 02/26/2013 10:23 AM, rurpy@yahoo.com wrote: > On 02/26/2013 01:32 AM, Larry Hudson wrote: >> Python variables do NOT have any data type. > > I have no problem interpreting the OP's statement > as meaning that he wanted to use a Python variable to > consistently reference a particular type and wanted a name > that would remind him of that type. Which is all well and good, so long as the OP also realizes that the name does not have any restriction's on it from Python's side, and certain functions will end up pointing the name at a different object with a possibly different type than his original, as in my int/float example. -- ~Ethan~