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author | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2010-04-02 16:58:27 +0000 |
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committer | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2010-04-02 16:58:27 +0000 |
commit | fa3fdcc4823cb64ef7d4338b4701c77a4d10d9f6 (patch) | |
tree | be4ed42f1574fdcbcf04ca8e44c3ca393219a92f /Lib/decimal.py | |
parent | 0459c56c2a029d8c967be04911bef8a5e4fddfca (diff) | |
download | cpython-fa3fdcc4823cb64ef7d4338b4701c77a4d10d9f6.tar.gz |
Issue 8257: Decimal constructor to accept float argument.
Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/decimal.py')
-rw-r--r-- | Lib/decimal.py | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/decimal.py b/Lib/decimal.py index 370eb821ba..ab38ed4ef0 100644 --- a/Lib/decimal.py +++ b/Lib/decimal.py @@ -648,8 +648,12 @@ class Decimal(object): return self if isinstance(value, float): - raise TypeError("Cannot convert float in Decimal constructor. " - "Use from_float class method.") + value = Decimal.from_float(value) + self._exp = value._exp + self._sign = value._sign + self._int = value._int + self._is_special = value._is_special + return self raise TypeError("Cannot convert %r to Decimal" % value) |