Clinton, this would be a nice inclusion in the help topics. It may not matter for most, but if casting is needed because a python object is used, then this means something to some of us.
This is going to be an issue when people start migrating to Pro and start using Pandas which makes judicious use of python's object... most people will think
... if it looks like a number, it should act like a number...
Indicating in the help that casting to float or string (I wont get into python 2 vs 3 'strings') should be used explicitly would at least warn people. A few simple examples would also help. I know that you aren't the person to implement this in the help, but I have a strong suspicion that the doc's people aren't big on object casting and representation.
Thanks