[Python-3000] PEP 3101 suggested corrections

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Sat Oct 27 08:33:10 CEST 2007


Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> Greg Ewing writes:
> 
>  "Decimal"
>  > means "base 10". On its own it doesn't imply anything
>  > about fractions.
> 
> "Decimal point" notwithstanding, I guess.

That's not "decimal" on its own -- it includes the
word "point", which is what tells you that you're
(potentially) dealing with fractions.

--
Greg


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