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From: Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 May 2015 10:42:58 -0600
Subject: Re: anomaly
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On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 10:34 AM, Mark Rosenblitt-Janssen
<dreamingforward@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here's something that might be wrong in Python (tried on v2.7):
>
>>>> class int(str): pass

This defines a new class named "int" that is a subclass of str. It has
no relation to the builtin class int.

>>>> int(3)
> '3'

This creates an instance of the above "int" class, which is basically
equivalent to calling "str(3)".

Were you expecting a different result?