astropy.extern.configobj.validate:_is_num_param

Extended Summary

Lets None pass through. Pass in keyword argument to_float=True to use float for the conversion rather than int.

>>> _is_num_param(('', ''), (0, 1.0))
[0, 1]
>>> _is_num_param(('', ''), (0, 1.0), to_float=True)
[0.0, 1.0]
>>> _is_num_param(('a'), ('a'))
Traceback (most recent call last):
VdtParamError: passed an incorrect value "a" for parameter "a".