Bugs item #1516613, was opened at 2006-07-03 17:27 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1516613&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Python Library Group: Python 2.4 Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Ronaldo Francisco Maia (romaia) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: Decimal should allow leading or trailing spaces. Initial Comment: When creating a Decimal from a string, leading and trailing spaces should be allowed, as it happens with int and float: >>> int(' 1 ') 1 >>> Decimal(' 1 ') Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? File "/usr/lib/python2.4/decimal.py", line 571, in __new__ self._sign, self._int, self._exp = context._raise_error(ConversionSyntax) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/decimal.py", line 2267, in _raise_error raise error, explanation decimal.InvalidOperation If we look at decimal.py, the code (regex) is already there, but commented. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1516613&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com