On Jan 26, 2008 2:46 PM, Raymond Hettinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [Christian Heimes] > > In my opinion float(complex) does do the most sensible thing. It fails > > and points the user to abs(). > > Right.
To elaborate the point I was trying to make: If float() does not mean "the float part of" and should not take a complex argument (which I completely agree with), then int() does not mean "the int part of" and should not take a float argument. Even assuming that's correct, I'm not certain that it's worth breaking (well, deprecating) backwards compatibility to achieve a more consistent set of functions in this case. I think it is, but I'm happy to leave that point up to the rest of the list (which does seem to be leaning against it). -- Namasté, Jeffrey Yasskin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
