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Fix final documentation nits before backporting decimal module fixes to 2.5

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Nick Coghlan 2006-09-03 01:02:00 +00:00
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@ -453,12 +453,12 @@ active context.
no context is specified, a copy of the current context is used.
\versionadded{2.5}
For example, the following code increases the current decimal precision
by 42 places, performs a calculation, and then automatically restores
For example, the following code set the current decimal precision
to 42 places, performs a calculation, and then automatically restores
the previous context:
\begin{verbatim}
from __future__ import with_statement
import decimal
from decimal import localcontext
with localcontext() as ctx:
ctx.prec = 42 # Perform a high precision calculation

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Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex
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@ -683,9 +683,10 @@ with lock:
The lock is acquired before the block is executed and always released once
the block is complete.
The \module{decimal} module's contexts, which encapsulate the desired
precision and rounding characteristics for computations, provide a
\function{localcontext()} function for getting a context manager:
The new \function{localcontext()} function in the \module{decimal} module
makes it easy to save and restore the current decimal context, which
encapsulates the desired precision and rounding characteristics for
computations:
\begin{verbatim}
from decimal import Decimal, Context, localcontext