[capi-sig] String to number conversion

[Rasmus Andersson]

On 7 maj 2008, at 17.46, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:

> On 2008-05-07 17:27, Hrvoje Niksic wrote:
>> I miss a function able to convert the string representation of a
>> Python primitive number (int, long, float, complex) to an actual
>> number, basically the reverse of repr for numbers.
>> <snip>
>> Would anyone else find this kind of function useful?
>
> Yes.
>
> Perhaps as PyNumber_FromString() ?!

I rarely wrap primitives in objects, as this increases both memory  
usage, complexity and overhead.  (However, sometimes you _might_ need  
to, but I can't come up with a scenario)

So, in most cases this would probably happen:

PyObject *num = PyNumber_FromString(num_s);
if(!PyLong_Check(num)) {
   // Error...
}
else {
   self->event_id = PyLong_AsLongLong(num);
}

And you lose, because this would be simpler:

self->event_id = strtoll(PyString_AsString(num_s), (char *)NULL, 10);
if(errno == EINVAL) {
   // Error...
}

Meaning, you rarely need to take input which can be any kind of number  
manifested as a string and return it as any number manifested as a  
native number. (The examples above indicate the output type is known  
(signed 64bit integer))

Could you maybe give a real-world scenario where this would be needed?  
Where neither the input not the output number type is known.

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