[oe-commits] Chris Larson : oe.types: add floating point type

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Module: openembedded.git
Branch: shr/testing2011.1
Commit: 82975ba48fe082ec02e69a32a3debfeadbdebe0d
URL:    http://gitweb.openembedded.net/?p=openembedded.git&a=commit;h=82975ba48fe082ec02e69a32a3debfeadbdebe0d

Author: Chris Larson <chris_larson at mentor.com>
Date:   Thu Jan 13 08:42:13 2011 -0700

oe.types: add floating point type

Optional flags:
'fromhex': if set to a true value (obeying the same rules as for the boolean
           type), your string value is in base 16, not base 10

Signed-off-by: Chris Larson <chris_larson at mentor.com>

---

 lib/oe/_types.py |   13 +++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/oe/_types.py b/lib/oe/_types.py
index b9eb2d2..ea31cf4 100644
--- a/lib/oe/_types.py
+++ b/lib/oe/_types.py
@@ -89,3 +89,16 @@ def integer(value, numberbase=10):
     'numberbase' flag."""
 
     return int(value, int(numberbase))
+
+_float = float
+def float(value, fromhex='false'):
+    """OpenEmbedded floating point type
+
+    To use this type, set the type flag to 'float', and optionally set the
+    'fromhex' flag to a true value (obeying the same rules as for the
+    'boolean' type) if the value is in base 16 rather than base 10."""
+
+    if boolean(fromhex):
+        return _float.fromhex(value)
+    else:
+        return _float(value)