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Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/string.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/string.py | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/string.py b/Lib/string.py index 2139a75fb6..8c649526d1 100644 --- a/Lib/string.py +++ b/Lib/string.py @@ -203,7 +203,11 @@ re = None def atof(str): global re if re is None: - import re + # Don't fail if re doesn't exist -- just skip the syntax check + try: + import re + except ImportError: + re = 0 sign = '' s = strip(str) if s and s[0] in '+-': @@ -212,10 +216,10 @@ def atof(str): if not s: raise ValueError, 'non-float argument to string.atof' while s[0] == '0' and len(s) > 1 and s[1] in digits: s = s[1:] - if not re.match('[0-9]*(\.[0-9]*)?([eE][-+]?[0-9]+)?$', s): + if re and not re.match('[0-9]*(\.[0-9]*)?([eE][-+]?[0-9]+)?$', s): raise ValueError, 'non-float argument to string.atof' try: - return float(eval(sign + s)) + return float(eval(sign + s, {})) except SyntaxError: raise ValueError, 'non-float argument to string.atof' |