[New-bugs-announce] [issue17080] A better error message for float()

[Jonathan Livni]

New submission from Jonathan Livni:

These lines of Python (2.7):

    y = float(x)

gives the error:

    TypeError: float() argument must be a string or a number.

In various cases such as:

    x = [0]
    x = None
    x = SomeClass()

In addition to the information given in the error message, it could help, for debugging purposes, to state the type of the object given.

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components: Interpreter Core
messages: 180967
nosy: Jonathan.Livni
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: A better error message for float()
type: enhancement
versions: Python 2.7

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