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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex index 83db0c4..d5b2ba5 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ % to be covered. --amk \title{What's New in Python 2.4} -\release{1.0} +\release{1.01} \author{A.M.\ Kuchling} \authoraddress{ \strong{Python Software Foundation}\\ @@ -525,10 +525,12 @@ Reading this section of the PEP is highly recommended. Python has always supported floating-point (FP) numbers, based on the underlying C \ctype{double} type, as a data type. However, while most -programming languages provide a floating-point type, most people (even -programmers) are unaware that computing with floating-point numbers -entails certain unavoidable inaccuracies. The new decimal type -provides a way to avoid these inaccuracies. +programming languages provide a floating-point type, many people (even +programmers) are unaware that floating-point numbers don't represent +certain decimal fractions accurately. The new \class{Decimal} type +can represent these fractions accurately, up to a user-specified +precision limit. + \subsection{Why is Decimal needed?} @@ -1726,7 +1728,7 @@ the name \samp{None} is now a syntax error. The author would like to thank the following people for offering suggestions, corrections and assistance with various drafts of this -article: Hye-Shik Chang, Michael Dyck, Raymond Hettinger, Hamish Lawson, -Fredrik Lundh. +article: Koray Can, Hye-Shik Chang, Michael Dyck, Raymond Hettinger, +Brian Hurt, Hamish Lawson, Fredrik Lundh. \end{document} |