[Guido] > It looks like if you pass in a context, the Decimal constructor > still ignores that context: > > >>> import decimal as d > >>> d.getcontext().prec = 4 > >>> d.Decimal("1.2345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890000", > d.getcontext()) > Decimal("1.2345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890000") > >>> > > I think this is contrary to what some here have claimed (that you > could pass an explicit context to cause it to round according to the > context's precision).
I think Michael Chermside said that's how a particular Java implementation works. Python's Decimal constructor accepts a context argument, but the only use made of it is to possibly signal a ConversionSyntax condition. _______________________________________________ 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