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[Python-Dev] Decimal.py in sandbox

Aahz aahz at pythoncraft.com
Mon Oct 27 12:34:48 EST 2003 
On Mon, Oct 27, 2003, Batista, Facundo wrote:
>
> Some questions:
> 
>     - Is there some of this work (specially the third item) already done or
>       started?
>     - Should I submit partial work or everything as a whole?
>     - Modifications to the sandbox modules, are considered patches? Should I
>       send them through SourceForge interface?

The first thing you should do is talk with Eric Price
(eprice at tjhsst.edu), author of the code.  You don't need to use SF for
now; CVS should be fine, but you should find out whether Eric would like
to approve changes first.

There's no reason you can't start with a pre-PEP now; I'd focus on
interface (i.e. the question of what ``Decimal(5)/3`` and
``5/Decimal(3)`` should do -- my personal take at this point is that
both ought to fail).
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