Mark Dickinson <dicki...@gmail.com> added the comment:
Agreed that this seems surprising. @Vedran: Trailing zeros in a Decimal object are significant, so `Decimal("2.0")` and `Decimal("2.00")` are different (equal, but different). The rules about the "ideal exponent" of the result of an arithmetic operation are well-specified. In this case, the spec is clear that the answer should be `Decimal("2")`, and not `Decimal("2.0")` or `Decimal("2.00")`, or .... ---------- nosy: +mark.dickinson _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue39576> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com