Message95669
I think the bug tracker is the wrong place to discuss such a wide-
ranging and (currently) ill-specified change. The python-list or
python-ideas mailing lists might be better places.
Decimal in the core is out of the question for Python 3.2, thanks to PEP
3003. What *is* feasible at this stage is to replace the current slow
Python implementation of the decimal module with a C version; there's
some ongoing work on that.
Removing binary floats from the core entirely sounds like a bad idea to
me, for performance reasons. And it probably couldn't be done before
Python 4.x without breaking backwards compatibility.
I'm closing this for now; if you're interested in this, please take the
discussion to python-list or python-ideas. |
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2009-11-24 11:24:34 | mark.dickinson | set | recipients:
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2009-11-24 11:24:34 | mark.dickinson | set | messageid: <1259061874.32.0.0283072866519.issue7389@psf.upfronthosting.co.za> |
2009-11-24 11:24:32 | mark.dickinson | link | issue7389 messages |
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