On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 06:47, Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 31 January 2012 11:11, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > although decimal.Decimal is also a contender if backed up by > > Stefan's C implementation. > > As you mention this, and given the ongoing thread about __preview__ > and "nearly ready for stdlib" modules, what is the current position on > cdecimal? I seem to recall it being announced some time ago, but I > don't recall any particular discussions/conclusions about including it > in the stdlib. > > Is it being considered for stdlib inclusion? What obstacles remain > before inclusion (clearly not many, if it's being seriously considered > as an option to support functions in something as fundamental as os)? > Do Guido's comments on the __preview__ thread make any difference > here? > > (Note - I don't have any particular *need* for cdecimal, I'm just > curious...) > Because cdecimal is just an accelerated version of decimal there is no specific stdlib restriction from it going in. At this point I think it just needs to be finished and then committed.
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