Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > Greg Ewing writes: > > "Decimal" > > means "base 10". On its own it doesn't imply anything > > about fractions. > > "Decimal point" notwithstanding, I guess.
That's not "decimal" on its own -- it includes the word "point", which is what tells you that you're (potentially) dealing with fractions. -- Greg _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
