Convert '165.0' to int

[Frank Millman]

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I must have done something wrong - it is consistent now.

Here are the results -

C:\Python32\Lib>timeit.py "int(float('165.0'))"
100000 loops, best of 3: 3.51 usec per loop

C:\Python32\Lib>timeit.py "int('165.0'[:-2])"
100000 loops, best of 3: 4.63 usec per loop

Frank