[Python-Dev] PEP 0484 - the Numeric Tower (original) (raw)

Random832 random832 at fastmail.com
Tue Oct 13 12:16:16 EDT 2015


From Lib/numbers.py:

## Notes on Decimal ## ---------------- ## Decimal has all of the methods specified by the Real abc, but it should ## not be registered as a Real because decimals do not interoperate with ## binary floats (i.e. Decimal('3.14') + 2.71828 is undefined). But, ## abstract reals are expected to interoperate (i.e. R1 + R2 should be ## expected to work if R1 and R2 are both Reals).

Why?



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