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@mdickinson mdickinson commented May 28, 2020

This PR exposes PyFloat_AsDouble to Python level in the form operator.as_float. This provides a way for Python code to emulate the implicit float conversions that Python itself does at C level.

https://bugs.python.org/issue40801

@mdickinson mdickinson added the type-feature A feature request or enhancement label May 28, 2020
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if bad_type:
raise TypeError(f"must be real number, not {obj.__class__.__name__}")
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Do you mean real number in the math sense? Or do you mean it as instead of a string representation of a number?

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In the mathematical sense. But this wording isn't new to this PR; it's copied from here.

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Thanks. That makes sense. :-)

@mdickinson mdickinson marked this pull request as draft May 29, 2020 09:59
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Converted this PR to draft; the feature is still under discussion.

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@mdickinson mdickinson deleted the feature/operator-as-float branch June 12, 2021 08:59
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