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Author	mark.dickinson
Recipients	eric.smith, mark.dickinson, py.user, skrah
Date	2012-01-23.08:40:44
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Message-id	<1327308045.49.0.810858379407.issue13838@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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IMO, the behaviour is fine; it's the docs that are unclear. The rules for Decimal are different mainly because trailing zeros have meaning for the Decimal type. (Decimal('1.250') and Decimal('1.25') are two distinct Decimal objects, unlike float('1.250') and float('1.25').) See also issue #7094.

IMO, the behaviour is fine;  it's the docs that are unclear.  The rules for Decimal are different mainly because trailing zeros have meaning for the Decimal type.  (Decimal('1.250') and Decimal('1.25') are two distinct Decimal objects, unlike float('1.250') and float('1.25').)

See also issue #7094.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2012-01-23 08:40:45	mark.dickinson	set	recipients: + mark.dickinson, eric.smith, skrah, py.user
2012-01-23 08:40:45	mark.dickinson	set	messageid: <1327308045.49.0.810858379407.issue13838@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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2012-01-23 08:40:44	mark.dickinson	create