On Jun 9, 10:22 pm, Stephan Diehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi lazyweb, > I'm wondering, if there is a usable money data type for python available. > A quick search in pypi and google didn't convey anything, even though the > decimal data type seemed to be planned as a money data type originaly. > Thanks for any pointers > > Stephan
What is it that you feel is lacking in the decimal datatype that makes you feel you require a money datatype? Decimal datatype was a general purpose fixed-point number, which is usually the behavior required for money calculation, but it's not named 'money' because this behavior isn't only useful for money calculation, so they don't name it money. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list