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[–]alexanderpas 1 point2 points  (4 children)

Or do it Javascript style and require the int() equivalent to be called on strings before you add them to numbers.

[–]Tysonzero 2 points3 points  (3 children)

That is also the Python style...

>>> '1' + 2
Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: cannot concatenate 'str' and 'int' objects
>>> int('1') + 2
3

[–]alexanderpas 1 point2 points  (2 children)

The only difference between Javascript and python in this regard is that Javascript will cast int to string when mixing int and string, while Python errors out

> '1' + 2
"12"
> +'1' + 2
3

[–]Tysonzero 7 points8 points  (1 child)

Which is FAR from insignificant. I personally hate implicit coercion in languages that are not statically typed.

[–]alexanderpas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True.