[issue20502] Context setting to print Decimal with as many digits as the "prec" setting

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[issue20502] Context setting to print Decimal with as many digits as the "prec" setting

Mark Dickinson added the comment: If you're after a particular string representation, you'll probably find that string formatting meets your needs. Python 3.3.3 (default, Nov 24 2013, 14:34:37) [GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 5.0 (clang-500.2.79)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits"

[issue20502] Context setting to print Decimal with as many digits as the "prec" setting

Mauricio de Alencar added the comment: I propose then to create a context setting that switches between the current textual representation of a Decimal and one that is "right zeros padded" up to context precision. Such that the line: print(Context(prec=4, precise_repr=True).create_decimal_fro