I thought that's what we had __index__ for -- reject arguments that don't SMOOTHLY turn into integers when an integer is actually required!
Alex On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 10:01 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Well, the real problem is os.urandom(4.2) which goes to an unlimited loop: >> >> while len(bytes) < n: >> bytes += read(_urandomfd, n - len(bytes)) >> >> because read(0.2) works as read(0) :-/ > > I can't quite accept that as a bug in the library. If you give invalid > parameters, Python should not crash, but it may start to behave in a > nonsensical way. > > Of course, it would be possible to move the conversion warning one layer > up, into os.urandom; if the argument is float, raise a warning, and then > truncate. > > Regards, > Martin > _______________________________________________ > 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/aleaxit%40gmail.com > _______________________________________________ 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
