Den 08/01/2014 kl. 17.56 skrev Daniel Roseman <[email protected]>: > > No, no, no. None of this is true. > > Decimals are not a differently-formatted version of floats. Decimals are not > a built-in datatype in Python, it's true, but they are provided in the > standard library in (not surprisingly) the `decimal` module. As the > documentation for that module explains, decimals do provide precise > floating-point arithmetic, and are therefore suitable for representing things > like currencies. Databases usually also provide a similar datatype, which > Django's DecimalField maps to.
Greatly embarrassed, and thanks for clarifying. Will be more careful when answering next time :-) 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/1B875D7F-C10E-4BD1-9990-FDED6F8F1A89%40cederstrand.dk. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
