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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: "A diagram of C23 basic types"
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2025 00:16:55 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 18 Apr 2025 12:49:56 +0100, bart wrote:

> The idea behind writing 1e12 for example was for something that was
> compact, quick to type, and easy to grasp. This:
> 
>     int(decimal.Decimal("1e24"))
> 
> seems to lack all of those.

I would agree with that. But remember, it can be abbreviated†:

    D = decimal.Decimal

then you can just change the above expression to

    int(D("1e24"))

I suppose this is why C++ has introduced user-defined literals. No doubt 
the Python folks will find some way to provide something similar at some 
point ...

†Why is “abbreviated” such a long word?