typeutils.py

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from __future__ import unicode_literals, print_function, division
from our_future import *

def number(s):
    """
    Converts *s* to the numeric type which can represent it at best. So
    for "1337" it will return an int, for "42.23" it will return a
    float. Will return *s* itself if its an int or float.
    """
    if isinstance(s, (int, float, long)):
        return s
    else:
        try:
            return int(s)
        except (ValueError, TypeError):
            return float(s)