adding parse_float for consistency. closes #537.

JuliaLang · Mar 8, 2012 · 9ec75da · 9ec75da
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diff --git a/jl/string.jl b/jl/string.jl
@@ -980,6 +980,9 @@ begin
 end
 
 float(x::String) = float64(x)
+parse_float(x::String) = float64(x)
+parse_float(::Type{Float64}, x::String) = float64(x)
+parse_float(::Type{Float32}, x::String) = float32(x)
 
 # copying a byte string (generally not needed due to "immutability")