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-rw-r--r--Lib/decimal.py7
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_decimal.py7
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS2
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/decimal.py b/Lib/decimal.py
index 661d6ed..3ad80b3 100644
--- a/Lib/decimal.py
+++ b/Lib/decimal.py
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ __all__ = [
]
import copy as _copy
+import numbers as _numbers
try:
from collections import namedtuple as _namedtuple
@@ -3567,6 +3568,12 @@ def _dec_from_triple(sign, coefficient, exponent, special=False):
return self
+# Register Decimal as a kind of Number (an abstract base class).
+# However, do not register it as Real (because Decimals are not
+# interoperable with floats).
+_numbers.Number.register(Decimal)
+
+
##### Context class #######################################################
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_decimal.py b/Lib/test/test_decimal.py
index b995557..114cd5b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_decimal.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_decimal.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import os, sys
import pickle, copy
import unittest
from decimal import *
+import numbers
from test.test_support import (TestSkipped, run_unittest, run_doctest,
is_resource_enabled)
import random
@@ -1334,6 +1335,12 @@ class DecimalUsabilityTest(unittest.TestCase):
class DecimalPythonAPItests(unittest.TestCase):
+ def test_abc(self):
+ self.assert_(issubclass(Decimal, numbers.Number))
+ self.assert_(not issubclass(Decimal, numbers.Real))
+ self.assert_(isinstance(Decimal(0), numbers.Number))
+ self.assert_(not isinstance(Decimal(0), numbers.Real))
+
def test_pickle(self):
d = Decimal('-3.141590000')
p = pickle.dumps(d)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index ebff3a1..2be82dc 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ Library
- Issue #1885: distutils. When running sdist with --formats=tar,gztar
the tar file was overriden by the gztar one.
+- Registered Decimal as a numbers.Number.
+
- Issue #1672332: fix unpickling of subnormal floats, which was
producing a ValueError on some platforms.