From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 21:23:26 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Document complex() with string arg.
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Document complex() with string arg.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
index 5870978b71c1..f195740418ce 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
@@ -134,11 +134,13 @@ class instances are callable if they have a \method{__call__()} method.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{complex}{real\optional{, imag}}
-  Create a complex number with the value \var{real} + \var{imag}*j.
+  Create a complex number with the value \var{real} + \var{imag}*j or
+  convert a string or number to a complex number.
   Each argument may be any numeric type (including complex).
   If \var{imag} is omitted, it defaults to zero and the function
   serves as a numeric conversion function like \function{int()},
-  \function{long()} and \function{float()}.
+  \function{long()} and \function{float()}; in this case it also
+  accepts a string argument which should be a valid complex number.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{delattr}{object, name}