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Re: extend methods of decimal module

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On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 3:30 PM, Mark H. Harris <harrismh777@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> The decimal module implements IEEE 854
>>
>
> Thanks Terry...   ... long time.
>
> I would like to find out if there is some iron-clad policy about extending
> the implementation of an IEEE standard... decimal module in this case;  I'm
> just thinking that this particular extension really fits the python
> "batteries included" philosophy.
>
> I guess what I'm really asking for are the same routines found in "bc -l"
> math library. I've finally moved my number crunching stuff to python (from bc)
> because the performance of "decimal" is finally way better than bc for the
> moment, and wrapping python are the math routines for control and processing
> is so much better.   Anyway, sure would be nice to have a very speedy atan()
> function built-in for decimal.

You might consider suggesting a "decimal.math" module on python-ideas.

-- 
Zach

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extend methods of decimal module "Mark H. Harris" <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-02-19 07:30 -0800
  Re: extend methods of decimal module Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-02-19 13:59 -0500
    Re: extend methods of decimal module "Mark H. Harris" <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-02-19 13:30 -0800
      Re: extend methods of decimal module Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pylist@gmail.com> - 2014-02-19 15:54 -0600
      Re: extend methods of decimal module Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-02-19 17:10 -0500
        Re: extend methods of decimal module "Mark H. Harris" <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-02-27 04:07 -0800
          Re: extend methods of decimal module Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2014-02-27 14:42 +0000
            Re: extend methods of decimal module "Mark H. Harris" <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-02-27 07:42 -0800
              Re: extend methods of decimal module Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-28 02:57 +1100
              Re: extend methods of decimal module Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2014-02-27 16:24 +0000
                Re: extend methods of decimal module "Mark H. Harris" <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-02-27 15:00 -0800
                Re: extend methods of decimal module Wolfgang <xpysol@gmail.com> - 2014-02-27 15:43 -0800
                Re: extend methods of decimal module Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2014-02-27 23:50 +0000
                Re: extend methods of decimal module "Mark H. Harris" <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-02-27 18:15 -0800
                Re: extend methods of decimal module Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-28 15:26 +1100
                Re: extend methods of decimal module "Mark H. Harris" <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-02-27 21:18 -0800
                Re: extend methods of decimal module Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-28 16:26 +1100
                Re: extend methods of decimal module Wolfgang Maier <wolfgang.maier@biologie.uni-freiburg.de> - 2014-02-28 08:54 +0000
                Re: extend methods of decimal module "Mark H. Harris" <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-02-28 10:23 -0800
                Re: extend methods of decimal module Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-02-28 03:15 +0000
                Re: extend methods of decimal module "Mark H. Harris" <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-02-27 20:41 -0800
                Re: extend methods of decimal module Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-28 16:00 +1100
                Re: extend methods of decimal module Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-02-28 07:34 +0000
                Re: extend methods of decimal module Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-28 19:52 +1100
                Re: extend methods of decimal module Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-02-28 15:11 +0000
                Re: extend methods of decimal module Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-01 02:36 +1100
                Re: extend methods of decimal module "Mark H. Harris" <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-02-28 10:34 -0800
                Re: extend methods of decimal module Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-01 05:37 +1100
                Re: extend methods of decimal module "Mark H. Harris" <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-02-28 11:26 -0800
                Re: extend methods of decimal module "Mark H. Harris" <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-02-28 11:39 -0800
                Re: extend methods of decimal module "Mark H. Harris" <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-02-28 12:17 -0800
          Re: extend methods of decimal module Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-02-27 12:07 -0500
            Re: extend methods of decimal module Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2014-03-01 08:55 +0200
              Re: extend methods of decimal module "Mark H. Harris" <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-03-01 16:49 -0800
          Re: extend methods of decimal module Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-28 04:48 +1100
      Re: extend methods of decimal module Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pylist@gmail.com> - 2014-02-19 16:27 -0600
      Re: extend methods of decimal module casevh@gmail.com - 2014-02-19 21:11 -0800
        Re: extend methods of decimal module "Mark H. Harris" <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-02-27 02:33 -0800
          Re: extend methods of decimal module casevh@gmail.com - 2014-02-28 06:23 -0800
  Re: extend methods of decimal module Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2014-02-19 22:29 +0000
    Re: extend methods of decimal module "Mark H. Harris" <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-02-27 02:37 -0800

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