(function from pyomo.common.numeric_types)
pyomo.common.numeric_types
Register the specified type as a “numeric type”.
A utility function for registering new types as “native numeric types” that can be leaf nodes in Pyomo numeric expressions. The type should be compatible with float (that is, store a scalar and be castable to a Python float).
float
new_type (type) – The new numeric type (e.g, numpy.float64)