A version gotcha. This is OK on 2.7 but errors on 2.6:
>>> from decimal import *
>>> Decimal(1.0)
Decimal('1')
>>> from decimal import *
>>> Decimal(1.0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/decimal.py", line 649, in __new__
"First convert the float to a string")
TypeError: Cannot convert float to Decimal. First convert the float to a
string
>>> Decimal('1.0')
Decimal('1.0')
