New submission from Alexander Belopolsky <belopol...@users.sourceforge.net>:
>>> float('½')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: could not convert string to float: �
>>> float('42½')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError
With the attached patch, float-error.diff
>>> float('½')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: invalid literal for float(): ½
>>> float('42½')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: invalid literal for float(): 42½
Note that the proposed patch also has an effect of disallowing non-ascii digits
in float() constructor.
Before the patch:
>>> float('١٢٣٤.٥٦')
1234.56
After the patch:
>>> float('١٢٣٤.٥٦')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: could not convert string to float: ١٢٣٤.٥٦
I am not sure, whether support for non-ascii digits in float() constructor is
worth maintaining. (Anyone knows whether Arabic numbers are written right to
left or left to right? What is the proper decimal point character?)
Also, I don't think users expect UnicodeEncodeError from float() or int().
Before the patch:
>>> float('\uffff')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
UnicodeEncodeError: 'decimal' codec can't encode character '\uffff' in position
0: invalid decimal Unicode string
After the patch:
>>> float('\uffff')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: could not convert string to float: �
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components: Interpreter Core
files: float-error.diff
keywords: patch
messages: 122612
nosy: belopolsky, ezio.melotti, haypo, mark.dickinson
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: unit test needed
status: open
title: Malformed error message from float()
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.2
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file19848/float-error.diff
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