money data type

[Lie]

On Jun 10, 12:02 am, Stephan Diehl <stephan.di... at gmx.net> wrote:
> Lie wrote:
> > On Jun 9, 10:22 pm, Stephan Diehl <stephan.di... at gmx.net> wrote:
> >> Hi lazyweb,
> >> I'm wondering, if there is a usable money data type for python available.
> >> A quick search in pypi and google didn't convey anything, even though the
> >> decimal data type seemed to be planned as a money data type originaly.
> >> Thanks for any pointers
>
> >> Stephan
>
> > What is it that you feel is lacking in the decimal datatype that makes
> > you feel you require a money datatype?
> > Decimal datatype was a general purpose fixed-point number, which is
> > usually the behavior required for money calculation, but it's not
> > named 'money' because this behavior isn't only useful for money
> > calculation, so they don't name it money.
>
> I'm actually quite sure that the decimal data type will be sufficient for
> what I plan to do, but in a general setting, one would need currency
> support, maybe different rounding rules for different currencies, exchange
> rates, etc.

Shane Geiger wrote to me:
This might be all you need:
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.4/python/lib/decimal-recipes.html

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