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diff --git a/Doc/library/decimal.rst b/Doc/library/decimal.rst index d24cddf..ad8b65c 100644 --- a/Doc/library/decimal.rst +++ b/Doc/library/decimal.rst @@ -375,15 +375,14 @@ Decimal objects .. method:: compare(other[, context]) - Compare the values of two Decimal instances. This operation behaves in - the same way as the usual comparison method :meth:`__cmp__`, except that - :meth:`compare` returns a Decimal instance rather than an integer, and if - either operand is a NaN then the result is a NaN:: - - a or b is a NaN ==> Decimal('NaN') - a < b ==> Decimal('-1') - a == b ==> Decimal('0') - a > b ==> Decimal('1') + Compare the values of two Decimal instances. :meth:`compare` returns a + Decimal instance, and if either operand is a NaN then the result is a + NaN:: + + a or b is a NaN ==> Decimal('NaN') + a < b ==> Decimal('-1') + a == b ==> Decimal('0') + a > b ==> Decimal('1') .. method:: compare_signal(other[, context]) |