[Python-Dev] Python and the Unicode Character Database
Steven D'Aprano
steve at pearwood.info
Mon Nov 29 01:14:31 CET 2010
Martin v. Löwis wrote:
>>>>>> float('١٢٣٤.٥٦')
>>> 1234.56
>
> I think it's a bug that this works. The definition of the float builtin says
[...]
I think that's a documentation bug rather than a coding bug. If Python
wishes to limit the digits allowed in numeric *literals* to ASCII 0...9,
that's one thing, but I think that the digits allowed in numeric
*strings* should allow the full range of digits supported by the Unicode
standard.
The former ensures that literals in code are always readable; the later
allows users to enter numbers in their own number system. How could that
be a bad thing?
--
Steven
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