[Python-Dev] Re: Decimal type question [Prothon]

[Greg Ewing]

> Worse still is the fact that the exponent in the e notation is a
> decimal exponent, but the type used is binary!

Indeed. If someone really wants a binary float, I think they
should have to write it in hex. If they can't cope with that,
they've no business using binary floats.

<0xd37c*pow(2,-0x10) wink>,

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