From: bwheeler96@...
Date: 2015-11-24T20:10:15+00:00
Subject: [ruby-core:71661] [Ruby trunk - Bug #11736] [Open] Float(arg) not consistent with documentation

Issue #11736 has been reported by Brian Wheeler.

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Bug #11736: Float(arg) not consistent with documentation
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/11736

* Author: Brian Wheeler
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* ruby -v: 
* Backport: 2.0.0: UNKNOWN, 2.1: UNKNOWN, 2.2: UNKNOWN
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Float(arg) ��� float
Returns arg converted to a float. Numeric types are converted directly, the rest are converted using arg.to_f. Converting nil generates a TypeError.

Strings are NOT converted using arg.to_f

~~~
'123_INVALID'.to_f 
# => 123.0
~~~

~~~
Float('123_INVALID') 
# => ArgumentError
~~~

This could be fixed by changing object.c like so: 
~~~
-       return DBL2NUM(rb_str_to_dbl(val, TRUE));
+       return DBL2NUM(rb_str_to_dbl(val, FALSE));
~~~

But it appears that this is desired behavior as there are many specs to ensure this strict validity checking. Please update the documentation to reflect this.

Thanks,

Brian




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