Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 344: Explicit vs. Implicit Chaining

2005-05-21 Thread Ka-Ping Yee
On Sat, 21 May 2005, James Y Knight wrote: > On May 20, 2005, at 6:37 PM, Phillip J. Eby wrote: > > This only helps if you can get to a debugger. What if you're > > reading your web server's error log? > > Then you're in trouble anyways because you need the contents of some > local to figure out w

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 344: Explicit vs. Implicit Chaining

2005-05-21 Thread James Y Knight
On May 20, 2005, at 6:37 PM, Phillip J. Eby wrote: > This only helps if you can get to a debugger. What if you're > reading your web server's error log? Then you're in trouble anyways because you need the contents of some local to figure out what's going on, also. James _

Re: [Python-Dev] Adventures with Decimal

2005-05-21 Thread Paul Moore
On 5/21/05, Raymond Hettinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A root difference is that I believe we have both a compliant > implementation (using Context.create_decimal) and a practical context > free extension in the form of the regular Decimal constructor. Please forgive an intrusion by someone wh

Re: [Python-Dev] Adventures with Decimal

2005-05-21 Thread Greg Ewing
Raymond Hettinger wrote: >>From the mists of Argentina, a Palidan set things right. The literal > 1.1 became representable and throughout the land the monster was > believed to have been slain. I don't understand. Isn't the monster going to pop right back up again as soon as anyone does any arit