> A recent question on c.l.p pointed out that the 2.4 Decimal implementation > raises TypeError directly for operator arguments it doesn't understand, > instead > of returning NotImplemented. > > Obviously, this creates problems for anyone trying to define a class that > 'plays > nicely' with Decimal (but does not inherit from Decimal), since their > __rop__ > methods never get called - Decimal's TypeError gets in the way.
Try to address this in a larger context than decimal. The same sort of logic is present in sets.py and in datetime objects. Raymond _______________________________________________ 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
