[Numpy-tickets] [NumPy] #630: If float('123.45') works, so should numpy.float32('123.45')

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#630: If float('123.45') works, so should numpy.float32('123.45')
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 Reporter:  AndrewStraw  |        Owner:  somebody
     Type:  defect       |       Status:  new     
 Priority:  normal       |    Milestone:          
Component:  numpy.core   |      Version:  none    
 Severity:  normal       |   Resolution:          
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Comment (by AndrewStraw):

 I'm unsure what your patch is attempting to fix. Anyhow, it doesn't fix
 specifically what I meant:

 {{{
 $ python -c "from numpy import float32; float32('1.2345')"
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<string>", line 1, in ?
 ValueError: setting an array element with a sequence.
 }}}

 Also, after reading http://bugs.python.org/issue1580 , I have realized
 that the possibility of having a numpy-specific decimal-to-binary
 conversion routine is more complicated than I thought. Thus, numpy
 supporting conversions from string to extended (or quad) precision floats
 is probably not easy. For float32, though, we can probably use Python's
 double-precision algorithm and then make sure we round correctly to single
 precision.

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