Because sometimes using builtins is hard.
>>> from numbers import number, rebmun
>>> number(1)
1
Simple comparisons:
>>> number(1) < number(2)
True
Complicated math:
>>> number(1) * number(50) / number(25)
2
Inverse function:
>>> rebmun(7)
-7
Get an elite number:
>>> leet()
31337
Real results:
>>> number(sys.maxint)
"It's over 9000!"
This project was inspired by prices (and many others), because sometimes understanding your code should be just as difficult as maintaining your data in MongoDB.