[issue27268] Incorrect error message on float('')

[Adam Bartoš]

New submission from Adam Bartoš:

>>> float('foo')
ValueError: could not convert string to float: 'foo'
>>> float('')
ValueError: could not convert string to float: 

should be
ValueError: could not convert string to float: ''

The message comes from Objects/floatobject.c:183 but I don't understand how the empty string gets discarded.

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components: Interpreter Core
messages: 267858
nosy: Drekin
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Incorrect error message on float('')
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.5

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