Tim Peters <t...@python.org> added the comment: Serhiy, nobody is proposing to add float.as_integer(). It already exists:
>>> (3.1).is_integer() False I already allowed I don't have a feel for how _generally_ useful it is, but you have at least my and Stefan's word for that the functionality (however spelled) _is_ necessary in implementing various math libraries. If we outlawed float functions that the numerically naive may misuse, we'd have to remove floats entirely. Given that it's _already in the language_, the only question here is whether to make it play nice with types beyond just `float`. I expect you'd have a hard time constructing an example where int.is_integer() returned a misleading result ;-) ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue26680> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
