[Python-Dev] decimal API

[Guido van Rossum]

> So in the end, we're talking about what we want to do for people
> who choose NOT to read the docs. And I submit that we want
> those people to get an exception, because when they try to do
> their task and they get an exception instead, they will then
> turn to the docs to decide how to fix it. But if we left traps
> OFF then these foolish people might see that their program had
> run to completion and then accept the results without even
> realizing that there was a way to check for signals.

Right.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)