[issue6427] Rename float*.[ch] to double.[ch]

2009-07-06 Thread Martin v . Löwis
Martin v. Löwis added the comment: As Amaury explains, it's called float because it *is* a floating point type. It is not a double type, as it is not two types, but only a single one :-) In 2.x, the "int" type was also represented with a C long, yet the type called "long" was not represented w

[issue6427] Rename float*.[ch] to double.[ch]

2009-07-06 Thread Eric Smith
Eric Smith added the comment: -1 The time to change this was 3.0, if it was ever needed. It would break too much code now. We could develop some strategy using macros, but I just don't think it's worth it. And as Amaury points it, the type is known in python as "float", so to change it would b

[issue6427] Rename float*.[ch] to double.[ch]

2009-07-06 Thread Amaury Forgeot d'Arc
Amaury Forgeot d'Arc added the comment: 'float' is how python names its floating point number type, and this won't change. Yes, it is based on the C double, but I think that the code is very careful to avoid the confusion. For example, in the C sources, the word 'float' always has a 'Py' prefi

[issue6427] Rename float*.[ch] to double.[ch]

2009-07-06 Thread Jack Diederich
New submission from Jack Diederich : The core types use doubles, not floats. The file and function names should reflect that (the docs already do). -- components: None messages: 90169 nosy: jackdied severity: normal status: open title: Rename float*.[ch] to double.[ch] versions: Python