Documentation "Number parsing is not properly implemented yet"

[dadonzg]

Good Morning,

First thank you for this very helpful library,

I have a question related to the documentation,

On https://github.com/python-babel/babel/blob/master/docs/numbers.rst#parsing-numbers

You are saying:

Number parsing is not properly implemented yet

Is it related to only parse_number or also to parse_decimal ?

Thank you,

[bradleypmartin]

Hey @dadonzg, thanks for your input - I'm going to check this out a little bit today.

I'm guessing this has to do with the parse_number function not being implemented, but if so, I agree - we could make that a little more explicit/clear in the docs.

[bradleypmartin]

Hey once more, dadonzg! Just wanted to update you with what I'd found and done today. I checked out the source and did some testing of my own with both the parse_decimal and parse_number functions (and some of those tests are reflected in the PR now linked here: #708)

The parse_number logic is indeed implemented, but isn't built out to the same extent that parse_decimal is - particularly in regard to handling special cases (including the 'ru' locale space parsing issue that I included in the docs PR above).

So after investigation, I believe your question definitely relates at least more to parse_number, and I've tried to clear that up in the PR.