[lxml-dev] [lxml] adding __float__, __int__ etc. to objectify.StringElement

[Holger Joukl]

Hi,

 I suggest adding __float__, __int__ etc. methods 

to lxml.objectify StringElement, to enable things like

 >>> float(objectify.DataElement("234"))
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
TypeError: float() argument must be a string or a number
>>> 

 These will just try to invoke the very same operation on the

underlying pyval. 

Maybe there are other classes where such methods would

be helpful (BoolElement comes to mind, but I'll have to look).

 Any objections? I can add this plus some tests otherwise.

 Holger 


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