r18647 - in /branches/frame_order_testing: ./ float.py -- March 05, 2013 - 16:41

Author: bugman
Date: Tue Mar  5 16:41:00 2013
New Revision: 18647

URL: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/relax?rev=18647&view=rev
Log:
Merged revisions 18646 via svnmerge from 
svn+ssh://bugman@xxxxxxxxxxx/svn/relax/trunk

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  r18646 | bugman | 2013-03-05 16:40:28 +0100 (Tue, 05 Mar 2013) | 5 lines
  
  Updated the float module to handle numpy floats.
  
  This makes the floatToBinaryString() function compatible with the 
numpy.float16 type.
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Modified:
    branches/frame_order_testing/   (props changed)
    branches/frame_order_testing/float.py

Propchange: branches/frame_order_testing/
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--- svnmerge-integrated (original)
+++ svnmerge-integrated Tue Mar  5 16:41:00 2013
@@ -1,1 +1,1 @@
-/trunk:1-18612
+/trunk:1-18646

Modified: branches/frame_order_testing/float.py
URL: 
http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/relax/branches/frame_order_testing/float.py?rev=18647&r1=18646&r2=18647&view=diff
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--- branches/frame_order_testing/float.py (original)
+++ branches/frame_order_testing/float.py Tue Mar  5 16:41:00 2013
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2006  Gary S Thompson (see https://gna.org/users for contact 
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-# Copyright (C) 2008-2012 Edward d'Auvergne                                  
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+# Copyright (C) 2008-2013 Edward d'Auvergne                                  
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 # This file is part of the program relax (http://www.nmr-relax.com).         
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@@ -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