From 9834dd72bc9d73bc54295af6f36b8d76ad8ba245 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Georg Brandl Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:44:17 +0000 Subject: #3734: document complex coercing behavior better. --- Doc/reference/datamodel.rst | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst index 5b6f1e8..37640e5 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. -- cgit v0.12