On 17.06.2018 13:17, Mark Rotteveel wrote:
I don't agree with this ticket getting closed. I raised an objection
to the current solution in the comments that I think needs to be
addressed.
The current solution causes a divergence in errors between
decimals(p,s) with p <=18 and 18 < p <=34, which is confusing and
leaks implementation details to the user. In the same situation it
should raise the same errors.
Error 'arithmetic exception, numeric overflow, or string truncation' is
too widely used here & there in our codebase. Therefore it was suggested
by Dmitry Emanov to avoid that error when dealing with decimal float
digits, use instead exact native error codes. I do not remember where
and how was it discussed, we often talk privately but sometimes discuss
such thing on forums too.
Must say that if we take some decision changing this particular message
I suppose it will be better to review all related errors related with
decimal floats. On my mind if we decide to do it better do sooner than
later - beta release is hopefully coming soon.
A.
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