We have string.isdigit(), why not string.isNumber()?

[Ben Finney]

MooMaster <ntv1534 at gmail.com> writes:

> I know how to write a regexp or method or whatever to do this, my main
> question is *why* something like an isNumber() method is not baked
> into the class.

Because that name wouldn't conform to PEP 8.

(Also, and more importantly, because it's more correct to use it as
input to creating a new object of the type you want, and catch the
exception if it fails.)

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Ben Finney