[Python-Dev] Decimal type question [Prothon]

[Aahz]

On Sat, Aug 07, 2004, Mark Hahn wrote:
>
> Can anyone see any problem with this scheme?

Yes: it doesn't follow the decimal floating point standard.  Read PEP327
for an exhaustive discussion of the subject WRT Python (which is nowhere
near as exhausting as reading the discussion in the python-dev archives).


Side note: I haven't bothered checking recently, but since you were
complaining about the quality of technical responses on c.l.py, I've
been mostly ignoring you because of your habit of top-posting.
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