[Python-Dev] [RELEASE] Python 2.7.4 release candidate 1

[Stefan Krah]

Andriy Kornatskyy <andriy.kornatskyy at live.com> wrote:
> > but you can install this backport from PyPI: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/cdecimal/2.3
> 
> This is what I was looking for.

Note that for numerical work _decimal from Python3.3 is vastly faster than
cdecimal. I've added two major speedups (credit for one of them goes to
Antoine), so these are the numbers for the pi benchmark:

Python3.3 (_decimal):    time:  0.15s
Python3.3 (decimal.py):  time: 17.22s
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Python2.7 (cdecimal):    time:  0.29s
Python2.7 (decimal.py):  time: 17.74s
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For database work and such the numbers should be about the same.


Stefan Krah