[Python-Dev] Changes to PEP 327: Decimal data type
Oren Tirosh
oren-py-d at hishome.net
Tue Mar 16 06:05:55 EST 2004
On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 11:01:12PM -0300, Batista, Facundo wrote:
> People:
>
> I'll post a reviewed version of the PEP.
>
> The only differences with the previous one will be the treatmen to float in
> both explicit and implicit construction:
>
> ------------
>
> In Explicit construction:
>
> You can not call Decimal with a float. Instead you must use a method:
> Decimal.fromFloat(). The syntax:
>
> Decimal.fromFloat(floatNumber, positions)
+1 on the behavior. One nitpick about the method name: this caseConvention
is not consistent with the Python Style Guide (PEP 8)
Oren
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