New submission from Adam Tomjack <a...@zuerchertech.com>:

These should all return False, or some of them should raise exceptions:

Python 2.6.2 (release26-maint, Apr 19 2009, 01:58:18)
[GCC 4.3.3] on linux2
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>>> import decimal
>>> decimal.Decimal('0') > 0
False
>>> decimal.Decimal('0') < 0
False
>>> decimal.Decimal('0') > 0.0
True
>>> decimal.Decimal('0') < 0.0
False
>>> 0.0 > decimal.Decimal('0')
False
>>> 0.0 < decimal.Decimal('0')
True
>>> 0.0 < decimal.Decimal('0.0')
True
>>> decimal.Decimal('0') > decimal.Decimal('0')
False

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 95248
nosy: adamtj
severity: normal
status: open
title: decimal.Decimal greater than/less than sometimes gives wrong answers 
when comparing to floats.
versions: Python 2.4, Python 2.5, Python 2.6

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