Newbie question about lists

[Robert Kern]

Paul Rubin wrote:
> "Leo Jay" <Python.LeoJay at gmail.com> writes:
> 
>>[Decimal("0.25"), Decimal("0.10"), Decimal("0.05"), Decimal("0.01")]
> 
> I wonder if we should have some special syntax for decimals: maybe
> 
> [$.25, $.10, $.05, $.01] 
> 
> That would even fit in with decimals being used for financial quantities.

Various versions of the (several) Decimal PEPs had a decimal literal 
syntax, usually along the lines of 0.25d. Google through the python-dev 
archives.

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