[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r64424 - inpython/trunk:Include/object.h Lib/test/test_sys.pyMisc/NEWSObjects/intobject.c Objects/longobject.cObjects/typeobject.cPython/bltinmodule.c

["Martin v. Löwis"]

> The disadvantage is the loss of evalability.  (Is that a word?)

Until the parser has support for it, having a float class method,
or even the float callable itself for conversion seems reasonable.

If repr() didn't produce it, eval() doesn't need to understand it.

Regards,
Martin