address number caster regression (fixes #484)

include/pybind11/cast.h

@@ -449,8 +449,13 @@ public:
             bool type_error = PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_TypeError);
 #endif
             PyErr_Clear();
-            if (type_error && PyNumber_Check(src.ptr()))
-                return load(object(PyNumber_Long(src.ptr()), true), false);
+            if (type_error && PyNumber_Check(src.ptr())) {
+                object tmp(std::is_floating_point<T>::value
+                               ? PyNumber_Float(src.ptr())
+                               : PyNumber_Long(src.ptr()), true);
+                PyErr_Clear();
+                return load(tmp, false);
+            }
             return false;
         }
 

tests/test_issues.cpp

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include "constructor_stats.h"
 #include <pybind11/stl.h>
 #include <pybind11/operators.h>
-
+#include <pybind11/complex.h>
 
 #define TRACKERS(CLASS) CLASS() { print_default_created(this); } ~CLASS() { print_destroyed(this); }
 struct NestABase { int value = -2; TRACKERS(NestABase) };
@@ -346,10 +346,12 @@ void init_issues(py::module &m) {
         .def("child", &SpecialHolderObj::child, pybind11::return_value_policy::reference_internal)
         .def_readwrite("val", &SpecialHolderObj::val)
         .def_static("holder_cstats", &ConstructorStats::get<custom_unique_ptr<SpecialHolderObj>>,
-                py::return_value_policy::reference)
-        ;
-};
+                py::return_value_policy::reference);
 
+    /// Issue #484: number conversion generates unhandled exceptions
+    m2.def("test_complex", [](float x) { py::print("{}"_s.format(x)); });
+    m2.def("test_complex", [](std::complex<float> x) { py::print("({}, {})"_s.format(x.real(), x.imag())); });
+}
 
 // MSVC workaround: trying to use a lambda here crashes MSCV
 test_initializer issues(&init_issues);

tests/test_issues.py

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def test_shared_ptr_gc():
         assert i == v.value()
 
 
-def test_no_id(capture, msg):
+def test_no_id(msg):
     from pybind11_tests.issues import get_element, expect_float, expect_int
 
     with pytest.raises(TypeError) as excinfo:
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ def test_move_fallback():
     m1 = get_moveissue1(1)
     assert m1.value == 1
 
+
 def test_override_ref():
     from pybind11_tests.issues import OverrideTest
     o = OverrideTest("asdf")
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@ def test_override_ref():
     a.value = "bye"
     assert a.value == "bye"
 
+
 def test_operators_notimplemented(capture):
     from pybind11_tests.issues import OpTest1, OpTest2
     with capture:
@@ -175,6 +177,7 @@ Add OpTest2 with OpTest2
 Add OpTest2 with OpTest1
 Add OpTest2 with OpTest1"""
 
+
 def test_iterator_rvpolicy():
     """ Issue 388: Can't make iterators via make_iterator() with different r/v policies """
     from pybind11_tests.issues import make_iterator_1
@@ -184,6 +187,7 @@ def test_iterator_rvpolicy():
     assert list(make_iterator_2()) == [1, 2, 3]
     assert(type(make_iterator_1()) != type(make_iterator_2()))
 
+
 def test_dupe_assignment():
     """ Issue 461: overwriting a class with a function """
     from pybind11_tests.issues import dupe_exception_failures
@@ -202,6 +206,7 @@ def test_enable_shared_from_this_with_reference_rvp():
     del child, parent
     assert cstats.alive() == 0
 
+
 def test_non_destructed_holders():
     """ Issue #478: unique ptrs constructed and freed without destruction """
     from pybind11_tests import SpecialHolderObj
@@ -218,3 +223,17 @@ def test_non_destructed_holders():
     assert cstats.alive() == 1
     del a
     assert cstats.alive() == 0
+
+
+def test_complex_cast(capture):
+    """ Issue #484: number conversion generates unhandled exceptions """
+    from pybind11_tests.issues import test_complex
+
+    with capture:
+        test_complex(1)
+        test_complex(2j)
+
+    assert capture == """
+1.0
+(0.0, 2.0)
+"""