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-rw-r--r--Lib/decimal.py6
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_decimal.py6
-rw-r--r--Misc/developers.txt3
3 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/decimal.py b/Lib/decimal.py
index 75a1d5e..a2e7fa4 100644
--- a/Lib/decimal.py
+++ b/Lib/decimal.py
@@ -2454,6 +2454,9 @@ class Decimal(_numbers.Real):
def sqrt(self, context=None):
"""Return the square root of self."""
+ if context is None:
+ context = getcontext()
+
if self._is_special:
ans = self._check_nans(context=context)
if ans:
@@ -2467,9 +2470,6 @@ class Decimal(_numbers.Real):
ans = _dec_from_triple(self._sign, '0', self._exp // 2)
return ans._fix(context)
- if context is None:
- context = getcontext()
-
if self._sign == 1:
return context._raise_error(InvalidOperation, 'sqrt(-x), x > 0')
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_decimal.py b/Lib/test/test_decimal.py
index 7c607f9..a76b505 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_decimal.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_decimal.py
@@ -1303,6 +1303,12 @@ class DecimalUsabilityTest(unittest.TestCase):
d = d1.max(d2)
self.assertTrue(type(d) is Decimal)
+ def test_implicit_context(self):
+ # Check results when context given implicitly. (Issue 2478)
+ c = getcontext()
+ self.assertEqual(str(Decimal(0).sqrt()),
+ str(c.sqrt(Decimal(0))))
+
class DecimalPythonAPItests(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/Misc/developers.txt b/Misc/developers.txt
index 089e122..afb031f 100644
--- a/Misc/developers.txt
+++ b/Misc/developers.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ the format to accommodate documentation needs as they arise.
Permissions History
-------------------
+- Benjamin Peterson was given SVN access on 25 March 2008 by Georg
+ Brandl, for bug triage work.
+
- Jerry Seutter was given SVN access on 20 March 2008 by BAC, for
general contributions to Python.