[Python-Dev] Mixing float and Decimal -- thread reboot

Raymond Hettinger raymond.hettinger at gmail.com
Mon Mar 22 19:34:51 CET 2010


On Mar 22, 2010, at 11:26 AM, Mark Dickinson wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Raymond Hettinger
> <raymond.hettinger at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On Mar 22, 2010, at 10:00 AM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>> 
>>   Decimal + float --> Decimal
>> 
>> If everybody associated with the Decimal implementation wants this I
>> won't stop you; as I repeatedly said my intuition about this one (as
>> opposed to the other two above) is very weak.
>> 
>> That's my vote.
>> I believe Nick chimed-in in agreement.
>> Mark, do you concur?
> 
> Yes;  Decimal + float -> Decimal works for me; the greater flexibility
> of the Decimal type is the main plus for me.



> On Mar 22, 2010, at 11:22 AM, Alexander Belopolsky wrote:
> 
>> I've been lurking on this thread so far, but let me add my +1 to this
>> option.


On Mar 22, 2010, at 11:24 AM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>> 
> 
> Thanks, "better" is a great way to express this.


OMG ;-)   

It looks like there is a consensus on:  Decimal + float --> Decimal

We have progress.


Raymond

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