Re: floating point glitch
Alex Martelli wrote:[color=blue]
> Michael Hoffman <m.h.3.9.1.with out.dots.at.cam .ac.uk@example. com> wrote:[color=green]
>>
>>repr() does not provide an invertible function if you are using it on a
>>list, as was pointed out here, since list.__repr__() essentially calls
>>str() for its float members rather than repr().[/color]
>
> ?! I think you're confused, since things are exactly the other way
> around: list.__str__ calls repr on its members (so does list.__repr__,
> which happens to be exactly the same function).[/color]
Yep, I got that exactly backwards. D'oh!
Thanks Alex and I'm sorry for any confusion I caused.
--
Michael Hoffman
Alex Martelli wrote:[color=blue]
> Michael Hoffman <m.h.3.9.1.with out.dots.at.cam .ac.uk@example. com> wrote:[color=green]
>>
>>repr() does not provide an invertible function if you are using it on a
>>list, as was pointed out here, since list.__repr__() essentially calls
>>str() for its float members rather than repr().[/color]
>
> ?! I think you're confused, since things are exactly the other way
> around: list.__str__ calls repr on its members (so does list.__repr__,
> which happens to be exactly the same function).[/color]
Yep, I got that exactly backwards. D'oh!
Thanks Alex and I'm sorry for any confusion I caused.
--
Michael Hoffman
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