Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Mon Aug 9 17:47:10 CEST 2004

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> Is there a plan for implementing a base class for int and long (like 
> basestring for str and unicode):
> 
>  >>> issubclass(int, baseint) and issubclass(long, baseint)
> True
> 
> ?

I think this would be a good idea; maybe the name should be
baseinteger?

I think it's been suggested before, and can't remember why it wasn't
implemented -- perhaps the use cases aren't as compelling as for
basestring?

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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