[Python-ideas] Python Numbers as Human Concept Decimal System

[Mark H. Harris]

On Wednesday, March 5, 2014 9:47:24 PM UTC-6, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>
> I wonder if we need yet another list, python-speculative-ideas? Or 
> python-waxing-philosophically? 
>

hi Guido,  no probably not.  I just got to thinking again about *number *again 
as 
I was thinking about decimal floating point as default. Its the 
mathematician in me; go
for the general case, and that would be a type-less unified *number *system.

For the near case design issues the following realist ideas might be 
considered in order:

1) decimal literal like  1.23d

2) default decimal floating point with a binary type   1.23b

3) type-less unified *number  *yes, probably way out there into the future


kind regards,
marcus 
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