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

[Mark Dickinson]

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Raymond Hettinger
<raymond.hettinger at gmail.com> wrote:
> FWIW, my viewpoint on this is softening over time
> and I no longer feel a need to push for a new context flag.
>
> It is probably simplest for users if implicit coercions didn't come
> with control knobs.  We already have Fraction+float-->float
> occurring without any exceptions or warnings, and nothing
> bad has happened as a result.

I agree with this;  I'd be happy to avoid the control knobs.

Mark