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| From | Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: 'complex' function with string argument. |
| Date | 2014-03-17 20:15 +0200 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <87y508r8ro.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> (permalink) |
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Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>:
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 3:18 AM, Mark H Harris <harrismh777@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Philosophically, I tend to think about it this way. A complex number
>> is like any other number. I would not form a PI string like this> ' 3
>> .14 1 5 9265 3 . . .' I would rather see it formed like so,
>> '3.1415926535'
>
> Right.
Well, Java 7 allows you to embed underscores freely in numeric literals.
Would be a nice addition to Python as well:
if unit == 'G':
count *= 1_000_000_000
vs:
if unit == 'G':
count *= 1000000000
>> This '3 + 2j' is not a number, its an algebraic sum.
>>
>> This '3+2j' is a complex number. Ok, maybe not, but its closer to what
>> we expect (I'm sorry, but I like i instead of j )
>
>Hmm. That's a pretty tricky distinction.
Is "-2.0" a literal?
What's the outcome of
-2.0.__str__()
Marko
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Re: 'complex' function with string argument. wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-03-19 02:52 -0700
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Re: 'complex' function with string argument. Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2014-03-19 06:04 -0500
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