[Python-Dev] proposal: add basic money type to the standard library

[Fredrik Lundh]

mal wrote:

> > I propose adding an "abstract" money base type to the standard
> > library, to be subclassed by real money/decimal implementations.
> > 
> >     if isinstance(v, basemoney):
> >         # yay! it's money
> >         print float(money) # let's hope it's not too much
> > 
> > The goal is not to standardize any behaviour beyond this; anything
> > else should be provided by subtypes.
> > 
> > More details here:
> > 
> >     http://effbot.org/ideas/money-type.htm
> > 
> > I can produce PEP and patch if necessary.
> 
> Sounds like a plan. 
> 
> One thing though: the RE "[+|-]?\d+(.\d+)?" should be extended 
> to allow for currency symbols and names in front or after the
> monetary value.

isn't this better handled by a separate method/attribute?

(otherwise, I fear that we'll end up adding all possible currency
notations to the abstract type.  but maybe there is a standard
for this, somewhere?)

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