Woah

That's a great move right here! well done !!

its called aliasing..

number_to_string = str

its like instructing python that str has another name as well, namely 'number_to_string'.

Thanks for the detailed explanation of this approach.

Dayum thats a smart move

Thanks for the explanation!

outstanding move!

How does this work ?

thanks for explaining!

Can anyone explain this solution? thanks

you are right, in productive use this is absolutely vital

You shoudln't just pass on ever OSError, this could also be raised when you e.g. run out of inodes, so you would want to error there.

n being negative is the challenging part of the kata. I am choosing to leave it in.

Thank you for your suggestions. Shall incorporate them.