[Python-ideas] Deprecate the round builtin

[Terry Reedy]

On 9/30/2012 6:19 PM, Joshua Landau wrote:

>       >>> math.ceil("")
>     Traceback (most recent call last):
>        File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>     TypeError: *a float is required*
>
>
> How deceptive... I hope you forgive me for not realizing that (even
> though I must have seen the __ceil__ and __floor__ methods a thousand
> times).
> OK, carry on.

The obsolete error message should be fixed. A number is required. Or 
perhaps 'float or number with __ceil__ method'.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy