[Python-Dev] Python and the Unicode Character Database (original) (raw)
Steven D'Aprano steve at pearwood.info
Mon Nov 29 01:14:31 CET 2010
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Martin v. Löwis wrote:
float('١٢٣٤.٥٦') 1234.56 I think it's a bug that this works. The definition of the float builtin says [...]
I think that's a documentation bug rather than a coding bug. If Python wishes to limit the digits allowed in numeric literals to ASCII 0...9, that's one thing, but I think that the digits allowed in numeric strings should allow the full range of digits supported by the Unicode standard.
The former ensures that literals in code are always readable; the later allows users to enter numbers in their own number system. How could that be a bad thing?
-- Steven
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