quiet conversion functions

[Robert Kern]

Tim Chase wrote:
> Are there existing "quiet" conversion functions?  Kin of 
> int() and float()?

Not in the standard library. Nor will there be. It goes against the development
philosophy of the core Python development team.

> My aim would be to call a function that would guarntee that 
> the result was of the defined type, choosing sensible 
> defaults if needed.

Only you know what "sensible" is in your context, so you get to write the function.

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