>>>>> float('١٢٣٤.٥٦')
>> 1234.56
I think it's a bug that this works. The definition of the float builtin says
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. The argument may also be
'[+|-]nan' or '[+|-]inf'.
Now, one may wonder what precisely a "possibly signed floating point
number" is, but most likely, this refers to
floatnumber ::= pointfloat | exponentfloat
pointfloat ::= [intpart] fraction | intpart "."
exponentfloat ::= (intpart | pointfloat) exponent
intpart ::= digit+
fraction ::= "." digit+
exponent ::= ("e" | "E") ["+" | "-"] digit+
digit ::= "0"..."9"
Regards,
Martin
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