Re: [Python-ideas] Default return values to int and float

David Townshend wrote:

My idea is fairly simple: add a "default" argument to int and float, allowing a return value if the conversion fails. E.g:

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float('cannot convert this', default=0.0)

I think I'd be more likely to want to report an error to the user than to blindly return a default value.

If I did want to do this, I'd be happy to write my own function for it.

It could even be made generic:

def convert(text, func, default): try: return func(text) except ValueError: return default