From 71390a9a941c3c84ee48afde6445d4d65396b137 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Skip Montanaro Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 13:03:22 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] clarify message when raising TypeError to indicate that float() accepts strings or numbers --- Objects/floatobject.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Objects/floatobject.c b/Objects/floatobject.c index 83987baa6b2..5fd13bcc1e8 100644 --- a/Objects/floatobject.c +++ b/Objects/floatobject.c @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ PyFloat_FromString(PyObject *v, char **pend) #endif else if (PyObject_AsCharBuffer(v, &s, &len)) { PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, - "float() needs a string argument"); + "float() argument must be a string or a number"); return NULL; }