The following are the new operations in the decimal module that we'll be available according to the last published specification. I wrote here the proposed name by me, the original name between parenthesis, where it will be located between square brackets (C for context and D for the decimal object itself), and a small description of the operation (I specially trimmed the verbose special cases from the description, if you want an exact explanation of what does each, read the spec). Note that always it says how many operands it takes. The number implies you're calling it through the context. If called through Decimal, you have to substract one from it (as the first operand will be the number itself in this case). Enjoy it, and any feedback is very appreciated, :) - compare_signal (compare–signal) [CD]: Takes two operands and compares their values numerically (pretty much like compare(), but all NaNs signal, with signaling NaNs taking precedence over quiet NaNs. - fma (fused-multiply-add) [C]: Takes three operands; the first two are multiplied together, using multiply, the third operand is then added to the result of that multiplication, using add, all with only one final rounding. - ln (ln) [CD]: Takes one operand, and the result is the natural (base e) logarithm of the operand. - log10 (log10) [CD]: Takes one operand, and the result is the base 10 logarithm of the operand. - max_mag (max–magnitude), and min_mag (min-magnitude) [CD]: Takes two operands and compares their values numerically with their sign ignored. - next_minus (next–minus) [CD]: Takes one operand and the result is the largest representable number that is smaller than the operand. - next_plus (next–plus) [CD]: Takes one operand and the result is the smallest representable number that is larger than the operand. - next_toward (next–toward) [CD]: Takes two operands and the result is the representable number closest to the first operand (but not the first operand) that is in the direction towards the second operand, unless the operands have the same value. - to_integral_exact (round-to-integral-exact) [C]: Takes one operand. It is similar to the round–to–integral–value (the old to_integral), with the difference the now Inexact and Rounded flags are allowed in the result. The following operations appear in a new section of the specification called "Miscelaneous Operations". Between these are logical operations that take logical operands, which are finite positive non-exponent numbers with a coefficient whose digits must all be either 0 or 1. - and (and), or (or), xor (xor) [CD]: Takes two logical operands, the result is the logical operation applied between each digit. - canonical (canonical) [CD]: Canonical takes one operand, returns the same Decimal object, as we do not have different encodings for the same number. - number_class (class) [CD]: Takes one operando, returns an indication of the class of the operand, where the class is one of the following: "sNaN", "NaN", "–Infinity", "–Normal", "–Subnormal", "–Zero", "+Zero", "+Subnormal", "+Normal" or "+Infinity". - compare_total (compare–total) [CD]: Takes two operands and compares them using their abstract representation rather than their numerical value (a total ordering is defined for all possible abstract representations). - compare_total_mag (compare–total–magnitude) [CD]: Takes two operands and compares them using their abstract representation rather than their numerical value, with their sign ignored and assumed to be 0. - copy_abs (copy-abs) [CD]: Takes one operand, returns a copy of it with the sign set to 0. - copy_negate (copy-negate) [CD]: Takes one operand, returns a copy of it with the sign inverted. - copy_sign (copy–sign) [CD]: Takes two operands, returns a copy of the first operand with the sign equal to the sign of the second operand. - invert (invert) [CD]: Takes one logical operand, the result is the digit-wise inversion of the operand. - is-canonical (is–canonical) [CD]: Takes one operand, returns 1 if the operand is canonical; otherwise returns 0. - is_finite (is–finite) [CD]: Takes one operand, returns 1 if the operand is neither infinite nor a NaN, otherwise returns 0. - is_infinite (is–infinite) [CD]: Takes one operand, returns 1 if the operand is an Infinite, otherwise returns 0. - is_nan (is–NaN) [CD]: Takes one operand, returns 1 if the operand is a quiet or signaling NaN, otherwise returns 0. - is_normal (is–normal) [CD]: Takes one operand, returns 1 if the operand is a positive or negative normal number, otherwise returns 0. - is_qnan (is–qNaN) [CD]: Takes one operand, returns 1 if the operand is a quiet NaN, otherwise returns 0. - is_signed (is–signed) [CD]: Takes one operand, returns 1 if the sign of the operand is 1, otherwise returns 0. - is_snan (is–sNaN) [CD]: Takes one operand, returns 1 if the operand is a signaling NaN, otherwise returns 0. - is_subnormal (is–subnormal) [CD]: Takes one operand, returns 1 if the operand is a positive or negative subnormal number, otherwise returns 0. - is_zero (is–zero) [CD]: Takes one operand, returns 1 if the operand is a zero, otherwise returns 0. - logb (logb) [CD]: Takes one operand, returns the integer which is the exponent of the magnitude of the most significant digit of the operand (as though the operand were truncated to a single digit while maintaining the value of that digit and without limiting the resulting exponent). - radix (radix) [CD]: Takes no operands, returns 10. - rotate (rotate) [CD]: Takes two operands. The coefficient of the result is a rotated copy of the digits in the coefficient of the first operand. The number of places of rotation is taken from the absolute value of the second operand, with the rotation being to the left if the second operand is positive or to the right otherwise. - scaleb (scaleb) [CD]: Takes two operands. The result is the first operand modified by adding the value of the second operand to its exponent. - shift (shift) [CD]: Takes two operands. The coefficient of the result is a shifted copy of the digits in the coefficient of the first operand. The number of places to shift is taken from the absolute value of the second operand, with the shift being to the left if the second operand is positive or to the right otherwise. Digits shifted into the coefficient are zeros. Regards, -- . Facundo . Blog: http://www.taniquetil.com.ar/plog/ PyAr: http://www.python.org/ar/