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Re: Newbie question. Are those different objects ?

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On 20/12/2013 15:34, rusi wrote:
> On Friday, December 20, 2013 8:46:31 PM UTC+5:30, dec...@msn.com wrote:
>> y = raw_input('Enter a number:')
>> print type y
>> y = float(raw_input('Enter a number:'))
>> print type y
>
>> I'm assuming that y is an object. I'm also assuming that the second and the first y are different objects because they have different types.
>
> You are also assuming that the two horizontal lines sometimes called 'equals'
> have something to do with something called by the same name in math -- equations
>

A good point.  Shall I write a PEP asking for a language change which 
requires that that stupid = sign is replaced by a keyword reading 
something like 
thenameonthelefthandsideisassignedtheobjectontherighthandside ?

> Lets unassume that and rewrite the code
>
> 1. y ! raw_input('Enter a number:')
> 2. print type y
> 3. y ! float(raw_input('Enter a number:'))
> 4. print type y
>
> Now read that 1 as first, 2 as second etc and read the '!' as 'MAKE'.
> (It may help to shout it)
>
> Now what was your question?
>

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask 
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence

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Newbie question. Are those different objects ? dec135@msn.com - 2013-12-20 07:16 -0800
  Re: Newbie question. Are those different objects ? random832@fastmail.us - 2013-12-20 10:24 -0500
  Re: Newbie question. Are those different objects ? rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-12-20 07:34 -0800
    Re: Newbie question. Are those different objects ? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-12-20 16:00 +0000
      Re: Newbie question. Are those different objects ? rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-12-20 09:10 -0800
        Re: Newbie question. Are those different objects ? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-12-20 17:29 +0000
        Re: Newbie question. Are those different objects ? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@gmail.com> - 2013-12-20 09:59 -0800
        Re: Newbie question. Are those different objects ? Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2013-12-21 10:56 +1300
          Re: Newbie question. Are those different objects ? Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2013-12-23 08:19 +0000
      Re: Newbie question. Are those different objects ? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-12-21 12:58 +0000
        Re: Newbie question. Are those different objects ? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-12-21 11:54 -0500
        Re: Newbie question. Are those different objects ? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-12-22 05:39 +1100
        Re: Newbie question. Are those different objects ? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-12-21 19:17 +0000
      Re: Newbie question. Are those different objects ? alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2013-12-23 11:31 +1000
    Re: Newbie question. Are those different objects ? Travis Griggs <travisgriggs@gmail.com> - 2013-12-20 10:24 -0800
  Re: Newbie question. Are those different objects ? bob gailer <bgailer@gmail.com> - 2013-12-20 12:02 -0500
  Re: Newbie question. Are those different objects ? rurpy@yahoo.com - 2013-12-20 10:06 -0800
  Re: Newbie question. Are those different objects ? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-12-20 16:56 -0500
  Re: Newbie question. Are those different objects ? Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2013-12-21 14:08 -0500

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