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| author | Mark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com> | 2008-02-10 15:19:58 +0000 |
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| committer | Mark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com> | 2008-02-10 15:19:58 +0000 |
| commit | 3a94ee05f77d0200cfb7988d02f3fdf292932a94 (patch) | |
| tree | b461b3b6f31d1da990b65f2b633f06dfc45134c3 | |
| parent | dd47aaebe8d06e45b24094f0a76d3f2289d50821 (diff) | |
| download | cpython-git-3a94ee05f77d0200cfb7988d02f3fdf292932a94.tar.gz | |
Typos in decimal comment and documentation
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/decimal.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/decimal.py | 2 |
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/decimal.rst b/Doc/library/decimal.rst index c564a5714a..9bbde66659 100644 --- a/Doc/library/decimal.rst +++ b/Doc/library/decimal.rst @@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ described below. In addition, the module provides three pre-made contexts: :const:`ROUND_HALF_EVEN`. All flags are cleared. No traps are enabled (so that exceptions are not raised during computations). - Because the trapped are disabled, this context is useful for applications that + Because the traps are disabled, this context is useful for applications that prefer to have result value of :const:`NaN` or :const:`Infinity` instead of raising exceptions. This allows an application to complete a run in the presence of conditions that would otherwise halt the program. @@ -1309,7 +1309,7 @@ quiet or signaling :const:`NaN` always returns :const:`False` (even when doing :const:`True`. An attempt to compare two Decimals using any of the ``<``, ``<=``, ``>`` or ``>=`` operators will raise the :exc:`InvalidOperation` signal if either operand is a :const:`NaN`, and return :const:`False` if this signal is -trapped. Note that the General Decimal Arithmetic specification does not +not trapped. Note that the General Decimal Arithmetic specification does not specify the behavior of direct comparisons; these rules for comparisons involving a :const:`NaN` were taken from the IEEE 854 standard (see Table 3 in section 5.7). To ensure strict standards-compliance, use the :meth:`compare` diff --git a/Lib/decimal.py b/Lib/decimal.py index 8034039665..4f23d33d0d 100644 --- a/Lib/decimal.py +++ b/Lib/decimal.py @@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ class Decimal(object): # != comparisons involving a NaN always return True # <, >, <= and >= comparisons involving a (quiet or signaling) # NaN signal InvalidOperation, and return False if the - # InvalidOperation is trapped. + # InvalidOperation is not trapped. # # This behavior is designed to conform as closely as possible to # that specified by IEEE 754. |