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authorMark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com>2008-02-06 22:10:50 (GMT)
committerMark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com>2008-02-06 22:10:50 (GMT)
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Issue 1979: Make Decimal comparisons (other than !=, ==) involving NaN
raise InvalidOperation (and return False if InvalidOperation is trapped).
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Library
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+- #1979: Add rich comparisons to Decimal, and make Decimal comparisons
+ involving a NaN follow the IEEE 754 standard.
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- #2004: tarfile.py: Use mode 0700 for temporary directories and default
permissions for missing directories.