On Fri, 24 Dec 1999 12:05:22 -0800 (PST), you wrote: >On Fri, 24 Dec 1999, Jack Jansen wrote: >> > (1) I think there is great mileage in combining the >> > fixed-decimal concept with Martin Fowler's Quantity >> > pattern, so that a variable could be defined as not >> > just two decimal places but also (say) "GBP" or "USD", >> > and it would be an error to add the two. Same applies >> > for adding metres, kilograms and other quantities.=20 >> > There has also been discussion that the 'type' of a >> > quantity should determine what math should apply. >>=20 >> Isn't this something that is ideally suited for implementation in a = Python=20 >> module, based on a core implementation of fixed decimal numbers? > >I'd agree with Jack here. > Me too - I thought I said that in point 2, but in retrospect I didn't say it clearly enough :-) - Andy
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