In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Simon Brunning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: |> |> > |> but there are more use |> > |> cases for Decimal than for Rational. |> > |> > That is dubious, but let's not start that one again. |> |> Decimals are good for holding financial values. There's a whole lot of |> software out there that deals with money.
Sigh. I was hoping not to have that myth perpetrated again. Financial calculations need decimal FIXED-point, with a precisely specified precision. It is claimed that decimal FLOATING-point helps with providing that, but that claim is extremely dubious. I can explain the problem in as much detail as you want, but would very much rather not. Regards, Nick Maclaren. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
