[Python-Dev] return type of __complex__
Greg Ewing
greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Sat Oct 20 07:06:42 CEST 2012
Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> It's a design bug, yes. The question is, does it conform to
> documented behavior?
The 2.7 docs say this about __complex__:
Called to implement the built-in function complex() ...
Should return a value of the appropriate type.
So the question is whether float is an "appropriate type" when
you're expecting a complex.
--
Greg
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