[Python-Dev] return type of __complex__

[Greg Ewing]

Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> It's a design bug, yes.  The question is, does it conform to
> documented behavior?

The 2.7 docs say this about __complex__:

    Called to implement the built-in function complex() ...
    Should return a value of the appropriate type.

So the question is whether float is an "appropriate type" when
you're expecting a complex.

-- 
Greg