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| author | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2004-08-19 22:39:55 (GMT) |
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| committer | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2004-08-19 22:39:55 (GMT) |
| commit | 27dbcf2162c61d5ba248c57c89ff4fa3d85a21c7 (patch) | |
| tree | 59b1649f22670392b4080c80190612b820b5f9bb /Lib/decimal.py | |
| parent | 61146790992e0a00b76a6bf6ecc9e53289a1ecd7 (diff) | |
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Establish policies with respect to 2.3 compatibilty and treated spec
updates as bugfixes.
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diff --git a/Lib/decimal.py b/Lib/decimal.py index 63f9991..98a8342 100644 --- a/Lib/decimal.py +++ b/Lib/decimal.py @@ -7,6 +7,15 @@ # and Aahz <aahz at pobox.com> # and Tim Peters +# This module is currently Py2.3 compatible and should be kept that way +# unless a major compelling advantage arises. IOW, 2.3 compatibility is +# strongly preferred, but not guaranteed. + +# Also, this module should be kept in sync with the latest updates of +# the IBM specification as it evolves. Those updates will be treated +# as bug fixes (deviation from the spec is a compatibility, usability +# bug) and will be backported. At this point the spec is stabilizing +# and the updates are becoming fewer, smaller, and less significant. """ This is a Py2.3 implementation of decimal floating point arithmetic based on |