complex() bug or feature?

[Erik Max Francis]

Carsten Gaebler wrote:

> >>> complex('1', '1')
> (1+0j)
> >>>
> 
> If complex() allows stings as arguments (like float()), what's
> happened to the imaginary part?

It works as expected in Python 2.1.1, so I'd say it's just a bug.

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