[ python-Bugs-1650053 ] decimals compare badly to floats

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Bugs item #1650053, was opened at 2007-02-01 19:20
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.5
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Brian Sutherland (jinty_)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: decimals compare badly to floats

Initial Comment:
This behaviour is so unexpected that I'm pretty sure it's a bug. If decimals can't be compared to floats, at least it should error.

Found in python2.4 and 2.5 by at least 2 people:

Python 2.5 (release25-maint, Dec  9 2006, 14:35:53)
[GCC 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-20)] on linux2
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>>> from decimal import Decimal
>>> 1172837167.27 > Decimal("1172837136.0800")
False
>>> 1172837167.27 > Decimal("1")
False


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