Den 08/01/2014 kl. 17.11 skrev Timothy W. Cook <[email protected]>: > But one would think that if Django calls it a decimal field, it would convert > the float to decimal. > I suppose I'll do that before writing it out to the file (an XML schema) so > it really isn't a big deal, just surprising.
Ah, the “decimal” in DecimalField only refers to how you are supposed to enter the values in a form. Python itself only has float and that’s what Django uses internally. Decimal vs. scientific notation is just a matter of how you choose to format the output when converting the float to a string. The default in Python depends on the value: >>> str(0.1) '0.1' >>> str(0.00001) '1e-05’ > > In reality I need to allow the range of, positive infinity to negative > > infinity. But this doesn't seem possible. Is it? > > It’s not physically or computationally possible. How will you store an > infinite number of digits on a hard drive of finite size? :-) > > Yeah, that was supposed to be sarcastic but it didn't come across well. :-) Sorry, I only do sarcasm in my native language :-) Erik -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/7B1BA0B2-7303-4C17-AE9D-66F93222C934%40cederstrand.dk. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
