\begin{funcdesc}{float}{\optional{x}}
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; this behaves identical to
- \code{string.atof(\var{x})}. Otherwise, the argument may be a plain
+ number, possibly embedded in whitespace. Otherwise, the argument may be a plain
or long integer or a floating point number, and a floating point
number with the same value (within Python's floating point
precision) is returned. If no argument is given, returns \code{0.0}.
\begin{funcdesc}{long}{\optional{x\optional{, radix}}}
Convert a string or number to a long integer. If the argument is a
string, it must contain a possibly signed number of
- arbitrary size, possibly embedded in whitespace;
- this behaves identical to \code{string.atol(\var{x})}. The
+ arbitrary size, possibly embedded in whitespace. The
\var{radix} argument is interpreted in the same way as for
\function{int()}, and may only be given when \var{x} is a string.
Otherwise, the argument may be a plain or