[Python-Dev] Decimal <-> float comparisons in py3k. (original) (raw)

P.J. Eby pje at telecommunity.com
Tue Mar 16 16:58:22 CET 2010


At 09:58 AM 3/16/2010 -0500, Facundo Batista wrote:

I'm +0 to allow these comparisons, being "Decimal(1) < .3" the same as "Decimal(1) < Decimal.fromfloat(.3)"

Does Decimal.from_float() use the "shortest decimal representation" approach?

If not, it might be confusing if a number that prints as '.1' compares unequal to Decimal('.1').



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