[Python-Dev] RE: Decimal class (original) (raw)

Greg Ewing greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Tue, 27 May 2003 10:45:27 +1200 (NZST)

Kevin Jacobs <jacobs@penguin.theopalgroup.com>:

Does anyone else have feelings for or against having mutable Decimal instances?

Having mutable decimal instances would feel very strange to me, given that all other numeric types in Python are immutable.

+1 on making them immutable.

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