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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2009-02-13 10:44:17 +0000 |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2009-02-13 10:44:17 +0000 |
| commit | 9834dd72bc9d73bc54295af6f36b8d76ad8ba245 (patch) | |
| tree | fe415f32dad7d751515d4daf756696e3137e48bd | |
| parent | 8fba5b337ced9f4cf9f56505a031f1aff0e6b938 (diff) | |
| download | cpython-git-9834dd72bc9d73bc54295af6f36b8d76ad8ba245.tar.gz | |
#3734: document complex coercing behavior better.
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/reference/datamodel.rst | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst index 5b6f1e8243..37640e5073 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst @@ -2252,7 +2252,8 @@ will not be supported. In the current implementation, the built-in numeric types :class:`int`, :class:`long` and :class:`float` do not use coercion; the type :class:`complex` - however does use it. The difference can become apparent when subclassing these + however does use coercion for binary operators and rich comparisons, despite + the above rules. The difference can become apparent when subclassing these types. Over time, the type :class:`complex` may be fixed to avoid coercion. All these types implement a :meth:`__coerce__` method, for use by the built-in :func:`coerce` function. |