From: Sebastian Hungerecker <sepp2k@...>
Date: 2008-05-22T16:41:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Why doesn't Float() work the same as Integer()?

Mark Hubbart wrote:
> If a string is provided, then it must follow the same rules as the
> appropriate literal representation.... This is the source of the
>
> differences. So:
> >> Integer("023")   #=> 19
> >> Float("023")     #=> 23.0

But shouldn't Float("023") return an error in this case? After all "023" is 
not a literal representation of a float (neither is "23").

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