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x = int() does not 'declare' x.  It binds it to the result of 
calling int without any arguments, which is 0.
>>> int()
0
So it is the same as x = 0.

Various ideas about declarations and finding typos have been 
discussed on comp.lang.python and elsewhere.  You might 
review some of the c.l.p threads, possibly via Google.