Message 115174 - Python tracker

Message115174

Author	jdwhitley
Recipients	belopolsky, jdwhitley, mark.dickinson
Date	2010-08-29.01:41:19
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Message-id	<1283046082.72.0.062114866377.issue9574@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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I can write a documentation patch for this: http://docs.python.org/library/functions.html?highlight=complex#complex to highlight the expected format of the string argument. As others have pointed out here, there are a number of other options available to correctly parse the complex string argument: * using eval where appropriate; and * preprocessing to remove whitespace. I think that the current options are sufficient that a patch to apply new behaviour isn't required.

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I can write a documentation patch for this:

http://docs.python.org/library/functions.html?highlight=complex#complex

to highlight the expected format of the string argument.

As others have pointed out here, there are a number of other options available to correctly parse the complex string argument:

 * using eval where appropriate; and
 * preprocessing to remove whitespace.

I think that the current options are sufficient that a patch to apply new behaviour isn't required.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2010-08-29 01:41:23	jdwhitley	set	recipients: + jdwhitley, mark.dickinson, belopolsky
2010-08-29 01:41:22	jdwhitley	set	messageid: <1283046082.72.0.062114866377.issue9574@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2010-08-29 01:41:21	jdwhitley	link	issue9574 messages
2010-08-29 01:41:20	jdwhitley	create