[Python-Dev] Decimal(unicode)

[Oleg Broytmann]

Hello. In Python 2.5.1 the code

import decimal

for d in '123', u'123':
    x = decimal.Decimal(d)
    print type(x.to_eng_string())

prints

<type 'str'>
<type 'str'>

   In 2.5.2 it prints

<type 'str'>
<type 'unicode'>

   Why the change? Is it a bug or a feature? Shouldn't .to_eng_string()
always return a str?

Oleg.
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