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Re: A possible change to decimal.Decimal?

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On Friday, March 2, 2012 6:49:39 PM UTC-5, Ethan Furman wrote:
> Jeff Beardsley wrote:
> > HISTORY:  
...
> 
> What you should be doing is:
> 
>    import decimal
>    from decimal import Decimal
> 
>    reload(decimal)
>    Decimal = decimal.Decimal   # (rebind 'Decimal' to the reloaded code)
> 
> ~Ethan~

Agree that's how the import should be done. On the other hand, removing gratuitous use of isinstance() is generally a Good Thing.

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A possible change to decimal.Decimal? Jeff Beardsley <jbeard565@gmail.com> - 2012-03-02 14:46 -0800
  Re: A possible change to decimal.Decimal? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2012-03-02 15:49 -0800
    Re: A possible change to decimal.Decimal? "A. Lloyd Flanagan" <A.Lloyd.Flanagan@gmail.com> - 2012-03-04 04:37 -0800
    Re: A possible change to decimal.Decimal? "A. Lloyd Flanagan" <A.Lloyd.Flanagan@gmail.com> - 2012-03-04 04:37 -0800
      Re: A possible change to decimal.Decimal? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2012-03-04 07:38 -0800
  Re: A possible change to decimal.Decimal? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2012-03-04 07:44 -0800

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