Re: [Python-Dev] decimal API

So in the end, we're talking about what we want to do for people who choose NOT to read the docs. And I submit that we want those people to get an exception, because when they try to do their task and they get an exception instead, they will then turn to the docs to decide how to fix it. But if we left traps OFF then these foolish people might see that their program had run to completion and then accept the results without even realizing that there was a way to check for signals.

Right. --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)