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Author	rhettinger
Recipients	mark.dickinson, rhettinger, serhiy.storchaka
Date	2017-04-01.15:41:23
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Message-id	<1491061283.2.0.802958661718.issue29962@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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> I'd prefer to keep the name that's consistent with both C and IEEE 754. +1 Also, the decimal module names are a poor guide. Its usability has been impaired by opaque naming (i.e. needing to use quantize() when you want to round to a fixed number of places).

> I'd prefer to keep the name that's consistent with both C and IEEE 754.

+1  

Also, the decimal module names are a poor guide.  Its usability has been impaired by opaque naming (i.e. needing to use quantize() when you want to round to a fixed number of places).

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Date	User	Action	Args
2017-04-01 15:41:23	rhettinger	set	recipients: + rhettinger, mark.dickinson, serhiy.storchaka
2017-04-01 15:41:23	rhettinger	set	messageid: <1491061283.2.0.802958661718.issue29962@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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