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Author	Khalid Moh'd.
Recipients	Khalid Moh'd.
Date	2018-05-18.19:30:26
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Message-id	<1526671827.02.0.682650639539.issue33574@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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Consider conversion of an integer to string: a=5 #number str #outputs <class 'str'> str(a) #works perfectly and prints '5' Now, consider: str="Hello World" #reads the string str #prints "Hello World" str(5) #gives an error Interpreter considers variable str before parenthesis not str from <class 'str'> There must be a way to distinguish user defined variable str and conversion operation str().

Consider conversion of an integer to string:
a=5 #number
str #outputs <class 'str'>
str(a) #works perfectly and prints '5'

Now, consider:
str="Hello World" #reads the string
str #prints "Hello World"
str(5) #gives an error


Interpreter considers variable str before parenthesis not str from <class 'str'>
There must be a way to distinguish user defined variable str and conversion operation str().

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Date	User	Action	Args
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