New submission from Steve Holden <st...@holdenweb.com>:
We see in the "Quick-Start Tutorial" (py3k section 8.4.1) the following example:
>>> Decimal(3.14)
Decimal('3.140000000000000124344978758017532527446746826171875')
In actua; fact one would expect an exception from that code, which should
perhaps instead read
>>> Decimal.from_float(3.14)
Decimal('3.140000000000000124344978758017532527446746826171875')
This class method is the recommended way to convert floats to decimal when
necessary.
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assignee: georg.brandl
messages: 140531
nosy: georg.brandl, holdenweb
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Documentation error in Decimal module
versions: Python 3.1, Python 3.2
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