[Python-Dev] Decimal data type issues (original) (raw)
Aahz aahz at pythoncraft.com
Wed Apr 14 10:42:26 EDT 2004
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On Tue, Apr 13, 2004, Ka-Ping Yee wrote:
So here's a more detailed suggestion. Suppose s = '12345', f = 12.345, the default context specifies a precision of 9 as given in the PEP, and c is a context object with a precision of 6. Then this: would yield this: Decimal(f) Decimal((0, (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 6, 3, 9, 4, 8, 8, 4, 6, 2, 1, 8, 4, 0, 9, 0, 1, 6, 7, 2, 8, 4, 0, 1, 1, 8, 4, 0, 8, 2, 0, 3, 1, 2, 5), -49))
I'll continue to oppose allowing Decimal() to take a float argument. It's just asking for trouble. Re-read the previous thread about repr() of floats if you want to argue with me; I shan't say anything new. ;-)
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