[Python-3000] PEP 3101 suggested corrections

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Sun Oct 28 22:49:18 CET 2007


Jim Jewett wrote:
> Decimal doesn't mean "base 10", it means "has a decimal point"

According to dictionary.com, it means

1.	pertaining to tenths or to the number 10.
2.	proceeding by tens: a decimal system.

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Greg


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