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Mon Feb 13 21:28:37 CET 2006 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-February/060834.html

Guido:

> I don't like __true_int__ very much. Personally,
> I'm fine with calling it __index__

index is OK, but is there a reason __integer__ would be
rejected?

__int__ roughly follows the low-level C implementation,
and may do odd things on unusual input.

__integer__ properly creates a conceptual integer, so
it won't lose or corrupt information (unless the class
writer does this intentionally).

-jJ

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