Raymond Hettinger wrote:
> IMO, user input (or
> the full numeric strings in a text data file) is sacred and presumably
> done for a reason -- the explicitly requested digits should not be
> throw-away without good reason.
I still don't understand what's so special about the
input phase that it s
> Q. I'm writing a fixed-point application to two decimal places.
> Some inputs have many places and needed to be rounded. Others
> are not supposed to have excess digits and need to be validated.
> What methods should I use?
>
> A. The quantize() method rounds to a fixed number of decimal
> pl
Some of the private email I've received indicates a need for a decimal
FAQ that would shorten the module's learning curve.
A discussion draft follows.
Raymond
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Q. It is cumbersome to type decimal.Decimal('1234.5'). Is there a way
to
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Several people have pointed me at this interesting thread, and
both Tim and Raymond have sent me summaries of their arguments.
Thank you all! I see various things I have written have caused
some confusion, for which I apologise.
The 'right' answer might, in fact, depend somewhat on the
programmin
