Go: proposal: strconv: make ParseFloat support fraction unicode characters
It would be nice if ParseFloat would support these characters:
½,↉, ⅓, ⅔, ¼, ¾, ⅕, ⅖, ⅗, ⅘, ⅙, ⅚, ⅐, ⅛, ⅜, ⅝, ⅞, ⅑, ⅒
pjebs
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BTW: I'm only suggesting these be treated as a special case.
pjebs
on 30 Jun 2018
Do people need this? Does a library exist that does this? How popular is it?
bontibon
on 30 Jun 2018
I came across a use-case and I assumed the library would convert "9½" to 9.5. I think it's a low-priority "nice-to-have" feature.
pjebs
on 1 Jul 2018
the library would convert
"9½"to9.5
What is "9⅓" converted to?
ALTree
on 2 Jul 2018
@ALTree It can be documented what a 1/3 will become but it should be the most appropriate representation of 1/3 that a float64 can produce. It can be set by fiat and documented.
pjebs
on 4 Jul 2018
Sorry, but no. ParseFloat is for decimals. We're not going to start recognizing circled-1234 etc either.
If you think others would find this useful, it would make sense to publish an external package providing this functionality. It doesn't have to be in the standard library.
rsc
on 9 Jul 2018
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Sorry, but no. ParseFloat is for decimals. We're not going to start recognizing circled-1234 etc either.
If you think others would find this useful, it would make sense to publish an external package providing this functionality. It doesn't have to be in the standard library.