[Orbit-python-list] Re: Promoting from integer to double in a union?

[Jason T. <ta...@li...>]

> I didn't really expect this to work, but it does with Fnorb and
> omniORB. On the other hand, with orbit-python I get an exception:
> 
>   CORBA.SystemException: IDL:omg.org/CORBA/BAD_PARAM:1.0: 
>       Expected float, got int

I was debating about whether or not I should promote ints to floats.  For
consistency and readability, I decided to require a float value.  Also,
the Python Language Mapping Specification doesn't explicitely permit
integers here (I think).

Jason.

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