r18646 - /trunk/float.py -- March 05, 2013 - 16:40

Author: bugman
Date: Tue Mar  5 16:40:28 2013
New Revision: 18646

URL: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/relax?rev=18646&view=rev
Log:
Updated the float module to handle numpy floats.

This makes the floatToBinaryString() function compatible with the 
numpy.float16 type.


Modified:
    trunk/float.py

Modified: trunk/float.py
URL: 
http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/relax/trunk/float.py?rev=18646&r1=18645&r2=18646&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- trunk/float.py (original)
+++ trunk/float.py Tue Mar  5 16:40:28 2013
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2006  Gary S Thompson (see https://gna.org/users for contact 
 #
 #                                      details)                              
 #
 #                                                                            
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2008-2012 Edward d'Auvergne                                  
 #
+# Copyright (C) 2008-2013 Edward d'Auvergne                                  
 #
 #                                                                            
 #
 # This file is part of the program relax (http://www.nmr-relax.com).         
 #
 #                                                                            
 #
@@ -88,8 +88,13 @@
     - Add example IEEE double.
     - Check byte/nibble attributions.
 """
+
+# Python module imports.
 from struct import pack, unpack
 import sys
+
+# relax module imports.
+from check_types import is_float
 
 
 SIGNBIT = 0x80
@@ -239,7 +244,7 @@
     @raise TypeError:   If the input object isn't a python float.
     """
 
-    if not isinstance(obj, float):
+    if not is_float(obj):
         raise TypeError('the object recieved wasn\'t a float, type was: %s' 
% type(obj))
 
     # pack float into binary string