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On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 06:47, Paul Moore <p.f.moore@gmail.com> wrote:

On 31 January 2012 11:11, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan@gmail.com> wrote:

> although decimal.Decimal is also a contender if backed up by

> Stefan's C implementation.

As you mention this, and given the ongoing thread about __preview__

and "nearly ready for stdlib" modules, what is the current position on

cdecimal? I seem to recall it being announced some time ago, but I

don't recall any particular discussions/conclusions about including it

in the stdlib.

Is it being considered for stdlib inclusion? What obstacles remain

before inclusion (clearly not many, if it's being seriously considered

as an option to support functions in something as fundamental as os)?

Do Guido's comments on the __preview__ thread make any difference

here?

(Note - I don't have any particular *need* for cdecimal, I'm just curious...)

Because cdecimal is just an accelerated version of decimal there is no specific stdlib restriction from it going in. At this point I think it just needs to be finished and then committed.