[Tim Peters] > ... > Other important implementations of the standard didn't > make this mistake; for example, Java's BigDecimal > (java.lang.String) constructor follows the rules here: > > http://www2.hursley.ibm.com/decimalj/deccons.html
Hmm -- or maybe it doesn't! The text says: The BigDecimal constructed from the String is in a standard form, as though the add method had been used to add zero to the number with unlimited precision.[1] and I read "add zero" as "applies context". But then it says "unlmited precision". I'm not at all sure what it means now. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com