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Mon Apr 19 09:09:36 EDT 2004 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-April/044397.html

[Greg Ewing]
#- > And positions is the number of digits after the decimal point at
#- > which you want to round the number you're creating from and discard
#- > the other digits.
#- 
#- Most people call that "decimal places".

Don't know enough english as to know which way most people call something,
and I thought that decimal places could get confused with decimal (the
module).

But, if you all think that "decimal places" is more clear than "positions",
I'll fix the PEP.

Thanks!

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[Python-Dev] Decimal data type issues