[issue16149] "Decimal(2) != float(2)" documentation bug

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[issue16149] "Decimal(2) != float(2)" documentation bug

Georg Brandl added the comment: Planted to 3.2 in 1dc66e654806. Turns out the offending paragraph wasn't in 2.7. -- ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue16149] "Decimal(2) != float(2)" documentation bug

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 1dc66e654806 by Georg Brandl in branch '3.2': Closes #16149: remove now-false statement about the inability to compare Decimal and float objects. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/1dc66e654806 -- status: open -> closed _

[issue16149] "Decimal(2) != float(2)" documentation bug

Georg Brandl added the comment: Ah, sorry, I thought this was a 3.3 thing. -- nosy: +georg.brandl ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bu

[issue16149] "Decimal(2) != float(2)" documentation bug

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: I think the fix should be applied to 2.7 and 3.2 too. See issue2531 which allowed comparing decimals and floats. -- nosy: +mark.dickinson, serhiy.storchaka status: closed -> open versions: +Python 2.7, Python 3.2 _

[issue16149] "Decimal(2) != float(2)" documentation bug

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset ee71d8023f1b by Georg Brandl in branch '3.3': Closes #16149: remove now-false statement about the inability to compare Decimal and float objects. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/ee71d8023f1b -- nosy: +python-dev resolution: -> fixed stage

[issue16149] "Decimal(2) != float(2)" documentation bug

New submission from Michele Orrù: Follows from the discussion on python-dev: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2012-September/121871.html -- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 172182 nosy: docs@python, maker, terry.reedy priority: normal severity: normal