[Python-checkins] r75276 - in python/branches/py3k: Lib/decimal.py Misc/NEWS

[mark.dickinson]

Author: mark.dickinson
Date: Wed Oct  7 21:23:50 2009
New Revision: 75276

Log:
Merged revisions 75275 via svnmerge from 
svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk

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  r75275 | mark.dickinson | 2009-10-07 20:22:05 +0100 (Wed, 07 Oct 2009) | 6 lines
  
  Issue #7048: logb should round its result when that result doesn't fit
  into the available precision.  (Tests for this change are included in
  the most recent set of testcases from the Decimal Specification site;
  those testcases will be updated shortly.)
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Modified:
   python/branches/py3k/   (props changed)
   python/branches/py3k/Lib/decimal.py
   python/branches/py3k/Misc/NEWS

Modified: python/branches/py3k/Lib/decimal.py
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/py3k/Lib/decimal.py	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Lib/decimal.py	Wed Oct  7 21:23:50 2009
@@ -3209,7 +3209,8 @@
         # otherwise, simply return the adjusted exponent of self, as a
         # Decimal.  Note that no attempt is made to fit the result
         # into the current context.
-        return Decimal(self.adjusted())
+        ans = Decimal(self.adjusted())
+        return ans._fix(context)
 
     def _islogical(self):
         """Return True if self is a logical operand.

Modified: python/branches/py3k/Misc/NEWS
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/py3k/Misc/NEWS	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Misc/NEWS	Wed Oct  7 21:23:50 2009
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #7048: Force Decimal.logb to round its result when that result
+  is too large to fit in the current precision.
+
 - Issue #6236, #6348: Fix various failures in the I/O library under AIX
   and other platforms, when using a non-gcc compiler. Patch by egreen.