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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex index 99c586b..f7a5866 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex @@ -427,8 +427,7 @@ class C: \begin{funcdesc}{float}{\optional{x}} Convert a string or a number to floating point. If the argument is a string, it must contain a possibly signed decimal or floating point - number, possibly embedded in whitespace; this behaves identical to - \code{string.atof(\var{x})}. Otherwise, the argument may be a plain + number, possibly embedded in whitespace. Otherwise, the argument may be a plain or long integer or a floating point number, and a floating point number with the same value (within Python's floating point precision) is returned. If no argument is given, returns \code{0.0}. @@ -612,8 +611,7 @@ class C: \begin{funcdesc}{long}{\optional{x\optional{, radix}}} Convert a string or number to a long integer. If the argument is a string, it must contain a possibly signed number of - arbitrary size, possibly embedded in whitespace; - this behaves identical to \code{string.atol(\var{x})}. The + arbitrary size, possibly embedded in whitespace. The \var{radix} argument is interpreted in the same way as for \function{int()}, and may only be given when \var{x} is a string. Otherwise, the argument may be a plain or |