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Re: ten small Python programs

Steve Howell <showel...@yahoo.com>

--- Steven D'Aprano

<st...@REMOVE.THIS.cybersource.com.au> wrote:
> On Sat, 26 May 2007 18:48:45 -0700, Steve Howell
> wrote:

> > It also has a ComplexNumber class, but I don't
> want to
> > scare away mathphobes.

> Is it as short as this one-liner?

> ComplexNumber = complex

The "It" above refers to *the* Python Tutorial,
written by Guido van Rossum. Here is an excerpt:

>>> class Complex:

... def __init__(self, realpart, imagpart):
... self.r = realpart
... self.i = imagpart
...

>>> x = Complex(3.0, -4.5)
>>> x.r, x.i

(3.0, -4.5)

Obviously, it's not surprising that a useful class in
a tutorial would have a corresponding implementation
in the standard library, but I'm not sure newbies
would learn much about classes from this statement:

ComplexNumber = complex

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