On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 1:15 PM, Mark H. Harris <harrismh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Its just easier to type D(2.78) than Deciaml('2.78').
It's easier to type 2.78 than 2.718281828, too, but one of them is just plain wrong. Would you tolerate using 2.78 for e because it's easier to type? I mean, it's gonna be close. Create Decimal values from strings, not from the str() of a float, which first rounds in binary and then rounds in decimal. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list