tests/cpydiff: Document complex() parsing difference.

jepler · dpgeorge · commit 5901b8d149d6 · 2025-06-16T23:34:34.000+10:00
In micropython#17384 it was decided that fixing this difference was not worth the code size increase. So document it instead. Signed-off-by: Jeff Epler <jepler@gmail.com>
diff --git a/tests/cpydiff/types_complex_parser.py b/tests/cpydiff/types_complex_parser.py
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+"""
+categories: Types,complex
+description: MicroPython's complex() accepts certain incorrect values that CPython rejects
+cause: MicroPython is highly optimized for memory usage.
+workaround: Do not use non-standard complex literals as argument to complex()
+
+MicroPython's ``complex()`` function accepts literals that contain a space and
+no sign between the real and imaginary parts, and interprets it as a plus.
+"""
+
+try:
+    print(complex("1 1j"))
+except ValueError:
+    print("ValueError")
