On Jun 10, 12:02 am, Stephan Diehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lie wrote: > > On Jun 9, 10:22 pm, Stephan Diehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi lazyweb, > >> I'm wondering, if there is a usable money data type for python available. > >> A quick search in pypi and google didn't convey anything, even though the > >> decimal data type seemed to be planned as a money data type originaly. > >> Thanks for any pointers > > >> Stephan > > > What is it that you feel is lacking in the decimal datatype that makes > > you feel you require a money datatype? > > Decimal datatype was a general purpose fixed-point number, which is > > usually the behavior required for money calculation, but it's not > > named 'money' because this behavior isn't only useful for money > > calculation, so they don't name it money. > > I'm actually quite sure that the decimal data type will be sufficient for > what I plan to do, but in a general setting, one would need currency > support, maybe different rounding rules for different currencies, exchange > rates, etc.
Shane Geiger wrote to me: This might be all you need: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.4/python/lib/decimal-recipes.html Possibly he mistakenly press "Reply to Author" instead of "Reply" (if he's accessing the mailing list from Google Groups) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
