New submission from Joshua Ringer <i.atent.d...@gmail.com>: Exception instance args for decimal errors are supposed to be a descriptive string. However, in the c module, they are currently a list of one containing the underlying exception class. The pure python module is correct.
See the following interpreter output for further detail: Python 3.6.3 (default, Oct 4 2017, 06:09:15) [GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 9.0.0 (clang-900.0.37)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> from _pydecimal import Decimal >>> Decimal('badstring') Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/usr/local/Cellar/python3/3.6.3/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/_pydecimal.py", line 597, in __new__ "Invalid literal for Decimal: %r" % value) File "/usr/local/Cellar/python3/3.6.3/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/_pydecimal.py", line 4081, in _raise_error raise error(explanation) decimal.InvalidOperation: Invalid literal for Decimal: 'badstring' >>> from _decimal import Decimal >>> Decimal('badstring') Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> decimal.InvalidOperation: [<class 'decimal.ConversionSyntax'>] ---------- components: Library (Lib) messages: 307788 nosy: joshringer priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: decimal module exception args incorrect for c module type: behavior versions: Python 3.6 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue32239> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com