support fallback concrete types for abstract number types

jolin-io · Jul 21, 2024 · a0fc1bf · a0fc1bf · schlichtanders · Jul 21, 2024
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diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "ConfigurationsENV"
 uuid = "4a543033-a920-4921-b9ec-d69f25e1cf2a"
 authors = ["Stephan Sahm <[email protected]> and contributors"]
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 
 [deps]
 Configurations = "5218b696-f38b-4ac9-8b61-a12ec717816d"

diff --git a/src/ConfigurationsENV.jl b/src/ConfigurationsENV.jl
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ function from_string(u::Union, str)
     end
 end
 from_string(::Type{String}, str) = string(str)
-from_string(::Type{T}, str) where {T<:Number} = parse(T, str)
+_defaulttype(::Type{<:Complex}) = Complex{Float64}
+_defaulttype(::Type{<:Real}) = Float64
+_defaulttype(::Type{<:Integer}) = Int
+from_string(::Type{T}, str) where {T<:Number} = isconcretetype(T) ? parse(T, str) : parse(_defaulttype(T), str)
 from_string(::Type{T}, str) where {T} = T(str)
 
 @cont function nestedkeys_and_types(::Type{T}) where {T}