complex() bug or feature?

[Skip Montanaro]

    Steve> Well the documentation should really make it clear that the
    Steve> single string argument case is completely different from
    Steve> the single numeric argument case.  The former uses an
    Steve> implied zero as the imaginary component, whereas the latter
    Steve> extracts the imaginary component from the string.

    Steve> And yes, the implementation *should* raise an exception
    Steve> with a string first argument and any second argument. But
    Steve> the docs could use clarification.

I've got a patch for the code I need to test and will generate a patch
for the doc, then submit both later today.  I suspect this will make
it into 2.2.

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