[Python-Dev] Decimal data type issues

Batista, Facundo FBatista at uniFON.com.ar
Mon Apr 19 09:09:36 EDT 2004


[Greg Ewing]
#- > And positions is the number of digits after the decimal point at
#- > which you want to round the number you're creating from and discard
#- > the other digits.
#- 
#- Most people call that "decimal places".

Don't know enough english as to know which way most people call something,
and I thought that decimal places could get confused with decimal (the
module).

But, if you all think that "decimal places" is more clear than "positions",
I'll fix the PEP.

Thanks!



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