[Pythonmac-SIG] Bug in float() ??

[Just van Rossum]

At 9:35 AM -0400 4/6/99, Julio Carrerra wrote:
>I think that the problem is that float() is a function that turns a NUMBER
>into a float, not a STRING into a float.

All lies...

Since 1.5.1 int() and float() also take strings. I've been able to
reproduce the bug with Python 1.5.1. Apparently it has been solved in
1.5.2bX.

Just