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Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 17:34:17 -0700
From: Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us>
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On 07/10/2014 05:20 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
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> I posted this the other day and haven't seen a response, not even a scathing rejection...
>
> Here's an alternative proposal that doesn't involve a new operator.

[snip float-context manager stuff]

Decimal has a context manager like that already (I don't know if it supports allowing NaNs to equal each other, though). 
  Rather than adding the whole thing to float, perhaps extending Decimal's context with that option is a possible route.

I would also prefer something like this to a new equals operator.

--
~Ethan~