Inconsistency of float parsing

[Akirathan]

There is an inconsistency between text.parse_float and column.parse Value_Type.Float. The former handles exponential notation by default, whereas the latter does not.

from Standard.Base import all
from Standard.Table import all

main =
    float_text = "6.861455777981732e-05"
    col = Column.from_vector "col" [float_text]
    parsed_1 = col.parse Value_Type.Float . first
    parsed_2 = col.map (x-> x.parse_float) . first
    IO.println <| "parsed_1 = " + parsed_1.to_text
    IO.println <| "parsed_2 = " + parsed_2.to_text
    parsed_1 == parsed_2

Outputs:

parsed_1 = Nothing
parsed_2 = 6.861455777981732E-5
false

According to @radeusgd, the Data_Formatter.allow_exponential_notation:Boolean should be set to True by default.

[radeusgd]

According to @radeusgd, the Data_Formatter.allow_exponential_notation:Boolean should be set to True by default.

Or if for some reason we don't want that, we should at least think if the default settings for Float.parse and Column.parse Value_Type.Float should be consistent - I think they should, whatever they are.