Python 2.4 / built-ins

Harald Massa cpl.19.ghum at spamgourmet.com
Fri Nov 19 13:55:02 EST 2004


after reading the announcement I also read the "highlights" within 
http://www.python.org/2.4/highlights.html

Under headline

  New or upgraded built-ins

there is 

decimal - a new numeric type that allows for the accurate representation of 
floating point numbers (avoiding the problems of binary floating point) 
(PEP 327)


And I am very happy about this and eagerly looking forward to. But: as much 
as I understand from the PEP and the discussion on py-dev, it will be a 
module within the standard library.

And not something built in Python -- at the moment.

Am I wrong with this information?

Harald



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