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Re: Python's numeric tower

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In article <mailman.11075.1402884256.18130.python-list@python.org>,
 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 11:57 AM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
> > In article <mailman.11074.1402880950.18130.python-list@python.org>,
> >  Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I guess if you have a list of Numbers that are all the same type, you
> >> can probably sum them, but you can sum non-Numbers too. The docstring
> >> is a bit vague - sure, it's a number, but what can you do with it?
> >
> > You can use it to count to three!
> 
> Since "increment" is not a provided method, and the + and += operators
> are not guaranteed to be defined for any definition of 1 on the other
> side, I'm not sure that's actually true... but if you hold a hand
> grenade and want to know whether to count to Decimal('3') or 3+0j or
> Fraction(3, 1), I'm just going to tell you to throw the thing already!
> 
> ChrisA

I don't believe HandGrenade implements throw().  It does, however, 
implement lobbeth().

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Python's numeric tower Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-06-15 02:51 +0000
  Re: Python's numeric tower Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-06-15 01:22 -0600
    Re: Python's numeric tower Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-06-15 15:33 +0000
      Re: Python's numeric tower Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-06-15 13:28 -0400
        Re: Python's numeric tower Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-06-15 11:45 -0600
        Re: Python's numeric tower Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-06-16 00:38 +0000
          Re: Python's numeric tower Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-06-16 11:02 +1000
            Re: Python's numeric tower Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-06-15 21:57 -0400
              Re: Python's numeric tower Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-06-16 12:04 +1000
                Re: Python's numeric tower Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-06-15 22:17 -0400
                Re: Python's numeric tower Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> - 2014-06-16 03:38 +0000
                Re: Python's numeric tower Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-06-16 09:29 +0100
                Re: Python's numeric tower Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-06-15 23:48 -0400

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