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

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On Mon, Mar 10, 2014, at 6:59, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Is that still true? Possibly the peephole optimizer has changed the 
> situation?

The optimizer does not dictate the specification; rather, the optimizer
can do this because this operation is defined to have this result. If
+3.14d has a different value than 3.14d, then the optimizer should load
a different constant for these expressions.