[Python-Dev] Re: Decimal data type issues (original) (raw)

Tim Peters tim.one at comcast.net
Wed Apr 21 21:14:51 EDT 2004

[Batista, Facundo]

I didn't reviewed all the mails to write down the community will, but as far I recall, you could use context in creation time.

I think that still is not clear if to use... Decimal(number, [context]) or Decimal(number) Decimal.usingcontext(number, [context]) ...(I prefer the laters) but I think you could use it.

The second way of spelling it is fine, but there's no need to cater to an optional context argument. Decimal.using_context(input) should use the current context object. It's been a general rule so far that all operations are available as methods of context objects too, so in the goofy case (I say "goofy" because I predict it won't be used in real life) of wanting to force use of a particular non-current context object c, the natural spelling is (or should be)

c.using_context(input)

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