On 09/14/2012 12:30 AM, Eric Bennett wrote:
Actually it's a bit of a hindrance. In Perl I can call the int function on
anything and get a sensible answer. In python if you call int on a string that
contains a floating point number the default behavior is that it will crash:
The sensible answer you describe may be considered a buggy behavior. If
you use int() converter in your code, my guess is that you anticipate it
will be processing a bunch of strings that are expected to represent
integers. If you have a string and you want it to be converted to
integer even if it actually looks like a float, you can do this
number = int(float(example_string))
or this
import math
number = math.floor(float(example_string))
or perhaps this (more sensible)
number = round(float(example_string))
I wonder what situation you have in mind when forcing non-integer string
data to become integers with a slightly shorter expression gives an
advantage. On a broader point, I am sure that perl-bashers can come up
with examples of said language behavior they may want to ridicule.
Different computer languages will exhibit different behavior because
they are, well, different.
That's brain dead. IMHO of course.
Name-calling is not an argument. It's not quite Godwin's rule, but still.
Cheers,
Ed.
