On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 9:48 PM, Lie Ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why don't we create a DecimalFloat datatype which is a variable-width > floating point number. Decimal is variable precision fixed-point number, > while the plain ol' float would be system dependent floating point.
Decimal is *already* floating-point. Its handling of exponents and significant zeros mean that it can do a pretty good job of imitating fixed-point as well, but it's still at root a floating-point type. Mark _______________________________________________ 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
