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| author | Stefan Krah <skrah@bytereef.org> | 2012-03-21 18:25:23 +0100 |
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| committer | Stefan Krah <skrah@bytereef.org> | 2012-03-21 18:25:23 +0100 |
| commit | 1919b7e72bc43315b32f38a6f5f01e8c717907f4 (patch) | |
| tree | ef7490b66425fd2c622740ef9adfb03d806b7517 /Doc/library/numeric.rst | |
| parent | 8bfccd852e2bceb04664b4832fc80eb3b7584918 (diff) | |
| download | cpython-git-1919b7e72bc43315b32f38a6f5f01e8c717907f4.tar.gz | |
Issue #7652: Integrate the decimal floating point libmpdec library to speed
up the decimal module. Performance gains of the new C implementation are
between 12x and 80x, depending on the application.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/numeric.rst b/Doc/library/numeric.rst index ba22cb6882..2732a84439 100644 --- a/Doc/library/numeric.rst +++ b/Doc/library/numeric.rst @@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ Numeric and Mathematical Modules The modules described in this chapter provide numeric and math-related functions and data types. The :mod:`numbers` module defines an abstract hierarchy of numeric types. The :mod:`math` and :mod:`cmath` modules contain various -mathematical functions for floating-point and complex numbers. For users more -interested in decimal accuracy than in speed, the :mod:`decimal` module supports -exact representations of decimal numbers. +mathematical functions for floating-point and complex numbers. The :mod:`decimal` +module supports exact representations of decimal numbers, using arbitrary precision +arithmetic. The following modules are documented in this chapter: |