complex() bug or feature?

[Carsten Gaebler]

Michael Hudson wrote:
> 
> Carsten Gaebler <clpy at snakefarm.org> writes:
> 
> > >>> complex('1', '1')
> > (1+0j)

> According to the docs, this is in error:
> 
> ,--http://python.sourceforge.net/devel-docs/lib/built-in-funcs.html---

> I read that to mean that if the first arg is a string, it should be
> the only arg.  The code simply ignores imag if real is a string.  Do
> you want to open a bug, or shall I?

Well, where exactly is the bug? Should the docs read 'If _real_ is a
string, _imag_ is ignored and defaults to zero', or should the
implementation raise an exception because it violates the docs? I'd
prefer the latter.

cg.
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