Message 106292 - Python tracker (original) (raw)

1. c = Decimal64Context

2. c = Context(Decimal64)

Rather that complicating the Context constructor, I'd prefer a separate factory function. I was thinking of something like:

def IEEEContext(n): """Return the decimal IEEE 754 context. n should be a multiple of 32.""" ...

Again, it's clear with this that you get a new context object (I agree that there are problems with (1) and the mutability of Contexts).