client.py and admin.py make the assumption (not made 
elsewhere) that hyperdb.Number() instances should be 
int()s.

cgi/client.py:

1328        elif isinstance(proptype, hyperdb.Number):
1329            value = int(value)
to
1329            value = float(value)


admin.py:

499          elif isinstance(proptype, hyperdb.Number):
500              props[key] = int(value)
to
500              props[key] = float(value)

and then we're happy.

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- Luke

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I believe there's deeper assumptions about Number being ints in some of 
the backends. I'll have to check. 
 
The Number type is an addition that, like Boolean, wasn't as fully specified 
as it should have been. 
 

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Actually, while trying to track down this bug I browsed 
through most of the backends (in particular anydbm), and 
they make the float() conversion, which is why I assumed that 
was the intended spec.

It might be worth considering in the next version to add an 
Integer() type, however. Just to make that distinction/spec 
clear.

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