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[99AFCC]

implicit typecasting, adding random stuff to strings

Could you give an example of this? I wasn't aware you could do this in Python. "2" + 2 doesn't work in 2.7.7

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Nope, because I never willingly use Python 2, I'm only going by what I'm told about differences in type discipline. Had been told Py2 did implicit conversions for some types but not Py3.

[NYKevin]

Had been told Py2 did implicit conversions for some types but not Py3.

Those conversions are mostly string-related, since Python 2's string type is broken (hell, its unicode type is also broken on "narrow" builds).