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"Decimal(2) != float(2)" documentation bug #60353

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mmaker mannequin opened this issue Oct 6, 2012 · 6 comments
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"Decimal(2) != float(2)" documentation bug #60353

mmaker mannequin opened this issue Oct 6, 2012 · 6 comments
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mmaker mannequin commented Oct 6, 2012

BPO 16149
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closed_at = <Date 2012-10-06.17:21:50.564>
created_at = <Date 2012-10-06.11:18:49.812>
labels = ['docs']
title = '"Decimal(2) != float(2)" documentation bug'
updated_at = <Date 2012-10-06.18:13:26.964>
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mmaker mannequin commented Oct 6, 2012

Follows from the discussion on python-dev:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2012-September/121871.html

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python-dev mannequin commented Oct 6, 2012

New changeset ee71d8023f1b by Georg Brandl in branch '3.3':
Closes bpo-16149: remove now-false statement about the inability to compare Decimal and float objects.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/ee71d8023f1b

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I think the fix should be applied to 2.7 and 3.2 too. See bpo-2531 which allowed comparing decimals and floats.

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Ah, sorry, I thought this was a 3.3 thing.

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python-dev mannequin commented Oct 6, 2012

New changeset 1dc66e654806 by Georg Brandl in branch '3.2':
Closes bpo-16149: remove now-false statement about the inability to compare Decimal and float objects.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/1dc66e654806

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Planted to 3.2 in 1dc66e654806. Turns out the offending paragraph wasn't in 2.7.

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