[Python-ideas] Decimal literal?

[Raymond Hettinger]

From: "Chris Rebert" <clp at rebertia.com>


> With Python 3.0 being released, and going over its many changes, I was
> reminded that decimal numbers (decimal.Decimal) are still relegated to
> a library and aren't built-in.
> 
> Has there been any thought to adding decimal literals and making
> decimal a built-in type?

It's a non-starter until there is a fast, clean C implementation of decimal.
The current module is hundreds of times slower than binary floats.


Raymond