Aahz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Without answering your specific questions, keep in mind that Python and > Python-C code are very different things. The current Decimal > implementation was designed to be *readable* and efficient *Python* code. > For a look at what the Python-C implementation of Decimal might look > closer to, take a look at the Python long implementation.
Er, perhaps I should have said explicitly that I was looking at the Decimal-in-C code and not the Python. Most of my questions don't make any sense at the Python level. But you have a good point. The long code will be both simpler and have had a LOT more work done on it - but it will address only the object of variable size issue, as it doesn't need class-level data in the same way as Decimal and I do. Regards, Nick Maclaren, University of Cambridge Computing Service, New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QH, England. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel.: +44 1223 334761 Fax: +44 1223 334679 _______________________________________________ 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
