[Python-Dev] RE: Decimal class

[Greg Ewing]

Kevin Jacobs <jacobs@penguin.theopalgroup.com>:

> Does anyone else have feelings for or against having mutable Decimal
> instances?

Having mutable decimal instances would feel *very* strange
to me, given that all other numeric types in Python are
immutable.

+1 on making them immutable.

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