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Re: Working with decimals

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On 23 August 2014 23:31, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 7:47 AM, Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> wrote:
>> So for one "import math" should never go inside a function; you should
>> hoist it to the top of the file with all the other imports.
>
> I'd say "never" is too strong (there are times when it's right to put
> an import inside a function), but yes, in this case it should really
> be at the top of the function.

But do any of them apply to "import math"?

> However, you won't need the import at all if you let the formatting
> function do the rounding for you.

Can that floor?

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Working with decimals Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-08-23 13:47 -0400
  Re: Working with decimals Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2014-08-23 14:21 -0400
    Re: Working with decimals Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-08-23 15:07 -0400
      Re: Working with decimals Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2014-08-23 15:22 -0400
      Re: Working with decimals Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-08-23 20:24 +0100
        Re: Working with decimals Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-08-23 15:48 -0400
          Re: Working with decimals Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-08-23 21:31 +0100
  Re: Working with decimals Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-08-23 17:13 -0400
    Re: Working with decimals Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2014-08-23 22:47 +0100
    Re: Working with decimals Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-24 08:31 +1000
    Re: Working with decimals Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2014-08-23 23:47 +0100
    Re: Working with decimals Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-24 08:53 +1000
    Re: Working with decimals Larry Hudson <orgnut@yahoo.com> - 2014-08-24 00:04 -0700
      Re: Working with decimals Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-08-24 10:58 -0400
      Re: Working with decimals Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-08-24 11:12 -0400
        Re: Working with decimals Larry Hudson <orgnut@yahoo.com> - 2014-08-24 14:24 -0700
          Re: Working with decimals Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-08-24 19:07 -0400
    Re: Working with decimals Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2014-08-24 20:12 +0100
    Re: Working with decimals Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-08-24 13:17 -0600
    Re: Working with decimals Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-08-24 13:19 -0600
    Re: Working with decimals Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2014-08-24 20:25 +0100
    Re: Working with decimals Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2014-08-24 20:29 +0100
      Re: Working with decimals Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-08-25 12:16 +1000
        Re: Working with decimals Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-25 12:27 +1000
          Re: Working with decimals Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-08-25 12:51 +1000
            Re: Working with decimals Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-25 13:01 +1000
    Re: Working with decimals Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-08-24 13:37 -0600
    Re: Working with decimals Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-08-24 13:40 -0600
    Re: Working with decimals Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2014-08-24 20:49 +0100
  Re: Working with decimals Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2014-08-23 22:52 +0100
    Re: Working with decimals Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-08-23 18:03 -0400

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