WYSIWYG decimal fractions (RE: [Python-Dev] Minutes from the Numeric Coercion dev-day session)

[Greg Ewing]

Tim Peters <tim.one@home.com>:

> NumPy users would scream bloody murder.

It would probably be okay for NumPy to use binary FP by default.
If you're using NumPy, you're probably a scientist or mathematician
already and are aware of the issues.

The same goes for any other extension module designed for
specialist uses, e.g. 3D graphics.

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