[Python-Dev] decimal module portability to 2.3?

[Anthony Baxter]

Batista, Facundo wrote:
> Could decimal be backported to 2.3 and be included in some 2.3.5? Don't know
> if this behaviour is common to Python.

Absolutely not. See PEP 0006. There's nothing stopping someone from
making a seperate package of the decimal code (complete with setup.py)
and distributing it for Python 2.3 users to download and add on. Barry
does this with the email package.