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‎Doc/c-api/arg.rst

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``f`` (:class:`float`) [float]
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Convert a Python floating point number to a C :c:expr:`float`.
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Convert a Python floating-point number to a C :c:expr:`float`.
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``d`` (:class:`float`) [double]
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Convert a Python floating point number to a C :c:expr:`double`.
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``D`` (:class:`complex`) [Py_complex]
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``d`` (:class:`float`) [double]
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Convert a C :c:expr:`double` to a Python floating point number.
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``f`` (:class:`float`) [float]
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Convert a C :c:expr:`float` to a Python floating point number.
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Convert a C :c:expr:`float` to a Python floating-point number.
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‎Doc/c-api/float.rst

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Floating Point Objects
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.. c:type:: PyFloatObject
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This subtype of :c:type:`PyObject` represents a Python floating point object.
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This instance of :c:type:`PyTypeObject` represents the Python floating point
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This instance of :c:type:`PyTypeObject` represents the Python floating-point
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*pyfloat* is not a Python floating-point object but has a :meth:`~object.__float__`
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method, this method will first be called to convert *pyfloat* into a float.
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‎Doc/c-api/marshal.rst

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‎Doc/c-api/number.rst

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‎Doc/faq/design.rst

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‎Doc/faq/library.rst

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‎Doc/faq/programming.rst

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‎Doc/library/array.rst

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