[Python-ideas] Float range class

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Thu, Jan 08, 2015 at 07:20:39PM -0800, Devin Jeanpierre wrote:

[...]
> > As for where it should live, the math module is the obvious place, but
> > it is written in C (which is a barrier to adding new functionality, as
> > opposed to Python modules).
> 
> I actually expect the math module to convert to float, just like I
> expect the cmath module to convert to complex. For example:
> 
> # python 3.4
> >>> math.sqrt(decimal.Decimal(0))
> 0.0
> 
> Are there any exceptions to this?

py> from math import factorial
py> factorial(5.0)
120


-- 
Steve