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authorRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2010-04-02 16:58:27 (GMT)
committerRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2010-04-02 16:58:27 (GMT)
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Issue 8257: Decimal constructor to accept float argument.
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/decimal.py b/Lib/decimal.py
index 370eb82..ab38ed4 100644
--- a/Lib/decimal.py
+++ b/Lib/decimal.py
@@ -648,8 +648,12 @@ class Decimal(object):
return self
if isinstance(value, float):
- raise TypeError("Cannot convert float in Decimal constructor. "
- "Use from_float class method.")
+ value = Decimal.from_float(value)
+ self._exp = value._exp
+ self._sign = value._sign
+ self._int = value._int
+ self._is_special = value._is_special
+ return self
raise TypeError("Cannot convert %r to Decimal" % value)