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Raymond Hettinger 2004-07-12 13:00:45 +00:00
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@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ expressions no longer produce a warning and instead produce a
different result that's usually a long integer.
The problematic expressions are primarily left shifts and lengthy
hexadecimal and octal constants. For example, \code{2 << 32} results
hexadecimal and octal constants. For example,
\code{2 \textless{}\textless{} 32} results
in a warning in 2.3, evaluating to 0 on 32-bit platforms. In Python
2.4, this expression now returns the correct answer, 8589934592.
@ -368,7 +369,7 @@ floating-point number and not a \class{Decimal}. Instances also have a \method{
>>> cmath.sqrt(-d)
351364.18288201344j
>>> d.sqrt()
Decimal(``351364.1828820134592177245001'')
Decimal("351364.1828820134592177245001")
\end{verbatim}
@ -396,10 +397,10 @@ to alter the default precision, rounding, or trap handling.
>>> decimal.getcontext().prec
28
>>> decimal.Decimal(1) / decimal.Decimal(7)
Decimal(``0.1428571428571428571428571429'')
Decimal("0.1428571428571428571428571429")
>>> decimal.getcontext().prec = 9
>>> decimal.Decimal(1) / decimal.Decimal(7)
Decimal(``0.142857143'')
Decimal("0.142857143")
\end{verbatim}
The default action for error conditions is to return a special value
@ -408,7 +409,7 @@ be raised:
\begin{verbatim}
>>> decimal.Decimal(1) / decimal.Decimal(0)
Decimal(``Infinity'')
Decimal("Infinity")
>>> decimal.getcontext().trap_enablers[decimal.DivisionByZero] = True
>>> decimal.Decimal(1) / decimal.Decimal(0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
@ -425,7 +426,7 @@ numbers such as \method{to_eng_string()} and \method{to_sci_string()}.
\seepep{327}{Decimal Data Type}{Written by Facundo Batista and implemented
by Facundo Batista, Eric Price, Raymond Hettinger, Aahz, and Tim Peters.}
\seeurl{http://research.microsoft.com/~hollasch/cgindex/coding/ieeefloat.html}
\seeurl{http://research.microsoft.com/\textasciitilde hollasch/cgindex/coding/ieeefloat.html}
{A more detailed overview of the IEEE-754 representation.}
\seeurl{http://www.lahey.com/float.htm}
@ -436,7 +437,7 @@ that floating-point inaccuracy can cause.}
{A description of a decimal-based representation. This representation
is being proposed as a standard, and underlies the new Python decimal
type. Much of this material was written by Mike Cowlishaw, designer of the
REXX language.}
Rexx language.}
\end{seealso}
@ -584,7 +585,7 @@ Previously this had to be a regular Python dictionary.
\begin{itemize}
\item The inner loops for list and tupleslicing
\item The inner loops for list and tuple slicing
were optimized and now run about one-third faster. The inner
loops were also optimized for dictionaries with performance
boosts to \method{keys()}, \method{values()}, \method{items()},
@ -857,7 +858,7 @@ tranmitting multiple XML-RPC calls in a single HTTP operation.
%======================================================================
% whole new modules get described in \subsections here
% whole new modules get described in subsections here
\subsection{cookielib}