## Function: COMMON-LISP:FLOAT
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> Converts any REAL to a float. If OTHER is not provided, it returns a
> SINGLE-FLOAT if NUMBER is not already a FLOAT. If OTHER is provided, the
> result is the same float format as OTHER.

### Lambda list
```cl
(number &optional sb-kernel::other)
```