[Python-Dev] Python and the Unicode Character Database (original) (raw)

Stefan Krah stefan-usenet at bytereef.org
Tue Nov 30 16:55:19 CET 2010

Alexander Belopolsky <alexander.belopolsky at gmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 9:56 AM, haiyang kang <cornsea at gmail.com> wrote: >> But you should be able to write: >> >> text = input("Enter a number using your preferred digits: ") >> num = float(text) >> >> without caring whether the user enters 一.一 or 1.1 or something else. > > yes. from logical point of view, this can happen. ...

Please stop discussing a non-feature. Python's float does not accept ' 一.一'. This was reported as a bug and closed as invalid.

That seems irrelevant to me. One of the main topics of this thread is whether actual native speakers would be happy with ascii-only input for float().

haiyang kang confirmed that this is the case. I hope that more local speakers will contribute their views.

Stefan Krah

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