Guido writes: > It looks like if you pass in a context, the Decimal constructor still > ignores that context
No, you just need to use the right syntax. The correct syntax for converting a string to a Decimal using a context object is to use the create_decimal() method of the context object: >>> import decimal >>> decimal.getcontext().prec = 4 >>> decimal.getcontext().create_decimal("1.234567890") Decimal("1.235") Frankly, I have no idea WHAT purpose is served by passing a context to the decimal constructor... I didn't even realize it was allowed! -- Michael Chermside _______________________________________________ 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