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Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:37:17 -0700
From: Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us>
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On 04/16/2013 08:37 AM, aaB wrote:
> rule = getrule(int(8))

just  rule = getrule(8)  is sufficient -- you don't need to cast the integer 8 to an integer.  ;)


> Thanks, and sorry for the rather long post.

Not too long at all:  it had lots of detail of what you were trying to do, what you were expecting, and what you got; it 
was darn near perfect.

--
~Ethan~