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Author ArneBab
Recipients ArneBab, mark.dickinson, r.david.murray
Date 2011-09-29.15:20:07
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Better comparision of decimal and float: 

>>> timeit("a+a", setup="from decimal import Decimal, getcontext; getcontext().prec=17; a = Decimal(1.0)")
21.125790119171143
>>> timeit("a+a", setup="a = float(1.0)")
0.05324697494506836
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2011-09-29 15:20:08ArneBabsetrecipients: + ArneBab, mark.dickinson, r.david.murray
2011-09-29 15:20:08ArneBabsetmessageid: <1317309608.43.0.417406794076.issue13060@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2011-09-29 15:20:07ArneBablinkissue13060 messages
2011-09-29 15:20:07ArneBabcreate