Mark Sapiro wrote:
> charlie derr wrote:
>
>> ... when I try to use this generated config file with 'config_list -i'
>> somehow the
>> floating point value gets truncated (in a very pythonic way -- no rounding
>> up) to an integer (though it still retains the floating
>> point notation).
>
>
> There appears to be a bug in the validation of numeric values which
> causes any floating point value of a 'standard' list attribute to be
> replaced by int(value). This only affects bounce_score_threshold as
> that is the only 'standard' list attribute which is a floating point
> value. It also only affects config_list because of the way in which
> config_list processes it's input.
>
> Note that you can work around this by using
>
> bounce_score_threshold = '0.75'
>
> instead of
>
> bounce_score_threshold = 0.75
>
> in the input file to config_list. If the value is a string, the numeric
> validatation code will work as intended and return the correct
> floating point value.
>
Hah, I *almost* tried that on a hunch, but then wasn't able to build a mental
model where casting to a string would ever be
productive (when the end goal is a floating point value). Just goes to show
you that sometimes it's probably better to think less
and stick with the hunch. :-]
>
>> I discovered that I didn't actually need a floating point value there (1.0
>> was just as good as 0.75 for my
>> purposes, so I simply used that), but since the documentation claims that a
>> floating point value is acceptable, this seemed worth
>> reporting.
>
>
> Yes. As you discovered, a threshold of 1.0 is as good as 0.75, but this
> is a bug and thanks for the report.
>
Thanks very much for the detailed info and explanation,
~c
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