On 6/27/05, Fredrik Johansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The context (as I envision it) would not be just a "binary float > context", but a universal float context that lets you choose between > binary and decimal precision at run time.
You mean something like this? >>> from __future__ import new_float_behaviour >>> 1.1 1.1 >>> import sys >>> sys.float_context.binary = True >>> 1.1 1.1000000000000001 I don't see why this couldn't be done. The default will be use decimal fp, and you can switch to binary fp if you need silicon-speed (unless, of course, you have decimal-on-silicon). In decimal mode, the context will be a full one, in binary mode, it's not mandatory to allow access to fpu flags, it could be just like now. . Facundo Blog: http://www.taniquetil.com.ar/plog/ PyAr: http://www.python.org/ar/ _______________________________________________ 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
