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  • Stephan Diehl
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    money data type

    Hi lazyweb,
    I'm wondering, if there is a usable money data type for python available.
    A quick search in pypi and google didn't convey anything, even though the
    decimal data type seemed to be planned as a money data type originaly.
    Thanks for any pointers

    Stephan
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    • Lie
      #2
      Re: money data type

      On Jun 9, 10:22 pm, Stephan Diehl <stephan.di...@ gmx.netwrote:
      Hi lazyweb,
      I'm wondering, if there is a usable money data type for python available.
      A quick search in pypi and google didn't convey anything, even though the
      decimal data type seemed to be planned as a money data type originaly.
      Thanks for any pointers
      >
      Stephan
      What is it that you feel is lacking in the decimal datatype that makes
      you feel you require a money datatype?
      Decimal datatype was a general purpose fixed-point number, which is
      usually the behavior required for money calculation, but it's not
      named 'money' because this behavior isn't only useful for money
      calculation, so they don't name it money.

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        • Stephan Diehl
          #3
          Re: money data type

          Lie wrote:
          On Jun 9, 10:22 pm, Stephan Diehl <stephan.di...@ gmx.netwrote:
          >Hi lazyweb,
          >I'm wondering, if there is a usable money data type for python available.
          >A quick search in pypi and google didn't convey anything, even though the
          >decimal data type seemed to be planned as a money data type originaly.
          >Thanks for any pointers
          >>
          >Stephan
          >
          What is it that you feel is lacking in the decimal datatype that makes
          you feel you require a money datatype?
          Decimal datatype was a general purpose fixed-point number, which is
          usually the behavior required for money calculation, but it's not
          named 'money' because this behavior isn't only useful for money
          calculation, so they don't name it money.
          I'm actually quite sure that the decimal data type will be sufficient for
          what I plan to do, but in a general setting, one would need currency
          support, maybe different rounding rules for different currencies, exchange
          rates, etc.



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            • Lie
              #4
              Re: money data type

              On Jun 10, 12:02 am, Stephan Diehl <stephan.di...@ gmx.netwrote:
              Lie wrote:
              On Jun 9, 10:22 pm, Stephan Diehl <stephan.di...@ gmx.netwrote:
              Hi lazyweb,
              I'm wondering, if there is a usable money data type for python available.
              A quick search in pypi and google didn't convey anything, even though the
              decimal data type seemed to be planned as a money data type originaly.
              Thanks for any pointers
              >
              Stephan
              >
              What is it that you feel is lacking in the decimal datatype that makes
              you feel you require a money datatype?
              Decimal datatype was a general purpose fixed-point number, which is
              usually the behavior required for money calculation, but it's not
              named 'money' because this behavior isn't only useful for money
              calculation, so they don't name it money.
              >
              I'm actually quite sure that the decimal data type will be sufficient for
              what I plan to do, but in a general setting, one would need currency
              support, maybe different rounding rules for different currencies, exchange
              rates, etc.
              Shane Geiger wrote to me:
              This might be all you need:
              http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.4/python/lib/decimal-recipes.html


              Possibly he mistakenly press "Reply to Author" instead of "Reply" (if
              he's accessing the mailing list from Google Groups)

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