merge revision(s) 56421,56422: [Backport #11736]

	* object.c: Improve documentation for Integer conversion.
	  [ruby-core:71661][Bug #11736][ci skip]

	* object.c: Improve documentation for Float conversion.


git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/branches/ruby_2_3@56722 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e

3 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 815ef65e5e..2f5a975891 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sat Nov 12 01:05:45 2016  SHIBATA Hiroshi  <hsbt@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* object.c: Improve documentation for Float conversion.
+	  [ruby-core:71661][Bug #11736][ci skip]
+
 Sat Nov 12 00:50:35 2016  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* proc.c (mnew_internal): follow the original class, not to loop
diff --git a/object.c b/object.c
index 3c502d5c0f..58d9c23ea1 100644
--- a/object.c
+++ b/object.c
@@ -2943,11 +2943,14 @@ FUNC_MINIMIZED(static VALUE rb_f_float(VALUE obj, VALUE arg));
  *     Float(arg)    -> float
  *
  *  Returns <i>arg</i> converted to a float. Numeric types are converted
- *  directly, the rest are converted using <i>arg</i>.to_f.
+ *  directly, and with exception to string and nil the rest are converted using <i>arg</i>.to_f.
+ *  Converting a <code>string</code> with invalid characters will result in a <code>ArgumentError</code>.
  *  Converting <code>nil</code> generates a <code>TypeError</code>.
  *
- *     Float(1)           #=> 1.0
- *     Float("123.456")   #=> 123.456
+ *     Float(1)                 #=> 1.0
+ *     Float("123.456")         #=> 123.456
+ *     Float("123.0_badstring") #=> ArgumentError: invalid value for Float(): "123.0_badstring"
+ *     Float(nil)               #=> TypeError: can't convert nil into Float
  */
 
 static VALUE
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index ab7b0add78..ce8ea003c6 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #define RUBY_VERSION "2.3.2"
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_DATE "2016-11-12"
-#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 211
+#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 212
 
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_YEAR 2016
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_MONTH 11