Should I write a PEP?
- Fredrik
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On 6/27/05, Fredrik Johansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The context (as I envision it) would not be just a "binary float
> context", but a universal float context that lets you choose between
> binary and decimal precision at run time.
You mean something like this?
>>> from __future__ import
On 6/27/05, Michael Chermside <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Fredrik Johansson writes:
> > In either case, compatibility can be ensured by allowing both n-digit
> > decimal and hardware binary precision for floats, settable via a float
> > context.
>
> Perhaps you can show me a design (or working co
On Mon, Jun 27, 2005, Michael Chermside wrote:
>
> If, by this, you mean adding a "binary float context" modeled after
> the Decimal float context and providing access to the underlying FP
> flags and traps and generally enhancing the use of binary FP, then
> I think it's a great idea. It's probabl
Fredrik Johansson writes:
> In either case, compatibility can be ensured by allowing both n-digit
> decimal and hardware binary precision for floats, settable via a float
> context.
Perhaps you can show me a design (or working code) that proves me
wrong, but I don't believe that such a design coul
