[Python-ideas] Should decimal.InvalidOperation subclass ValueError?

Guido van Rossum gvanrossum at gmail.com
Tue May 24 12:56:10 EDT 2016


If it's the right thing to do we should do it, and consider how to do
it without breaking too much code too soon (or without clear
indication of failure). I don't think a PEP is needed unless there's a
lot of discussion about alternatives or disagreement.

On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 9:19 AM, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 08:51:46AM -0700, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>> I've ignored this thread. Do you need help?
>
> It might help if you ruled the change out completely, said it needs a
> PEP, or that you didn't care what we did so long as we don't break the
> module :-)
>
> I'd also want to see Raymond's and Tim's comments before any changes
> were made. But if you rule it out, no need to bother them.
>
>
> --
> Steve



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