best way of dealing with currency?

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Paul Miller schrieb:
> I'm looking at doing some currency calculations in some Python code 
> integrated with a C++ application. I want to be able to come up with the 
> same values I get in an Excel spreadsheet.
> 
> I've been poking around for a couple of days and haven't come across a 
> definitive method for dealing with currency in a precise manner.
> 
> What do I need to do? Use rationals? Very high-precision floating-point? 
>  mxNumber? Or something else?

The module decimal. But in the end, you might not be able to recreate 
the same values as excel, due to the unknown intricacies of excel.

Diez