[issue3360] Inconsistent type-deduction of decimal floating-point

[Mark Dickinson]

Mark Dickinson <dickinsm at gmail.com> added the comment:

I get the same behavior in the trunk (on OS X 10.5), though it's not a 
problem in the py3k branch.

I agree that this is undesirable behaviour, and I think it should be 
fixed.  For me, the crossover seems to occur at 2*10**10:

>>> 020000000000.0
ValueError: invalid literal for long() with base 8: '020000000000.0'
>>> 019999999999.0
19999999999.0

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assignee:  -> marketdickinson
nosy: +marketdickinson
priority:  -> high
type:  -> behavior
versions: +Python 2.6

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