[Python-Dev] Decimal conversion to string

[Aahz]

On Tue, Apr 13, 2004, Ka-Ping Yee wrote:
>
> Could we please have repr(d) use the string in the constructor
> rather than the tuple form?  That would be much easier to read.

I'm not dead-set on using a tuple form, but I think it's more useful for
someone trying to see the internals of a Decimal instance.  The string
form already contains all the necessary information to reconstruct a
Decimal object (unlike floats).
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