From: Mark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 21:10:56 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Fix Decimal.from_float to use valid Python 2.3 syntax, as per
X-Git-Tag: v2.7a1~2379
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6a961637a826ab6293293866a43d5924cf1a77e7;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

Fix Decimal.from_float to use valid Python 2.3 syntax, as per
comments at top of decimal.py.  (But note that the from_float
method itself with still not be usable before Python 2.7.)
See issue 4796 for discussion.
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diff --git a/Lib/decimal.py b/Lib/decimal.py
index 88e9bc80195a..12dd7326cdac 100644
--- a/Lib/decimal.py
+++ b/Lib/decimal.py
@@ -654,7 +654,8 @@ class Decimal(object):
 
         raise TypeError("Cannot convert %r to Decimal" % value)
 
-    @classmethod
+    # @classmethod, but @decorator is not valid Python 2.3 syntax, so
+    # don't use it (see notes on Py2.3 compatibility at top of file)
     def from_float(cls, f):
         """Converts a float to a decimal number, exactly.
 
@@ -680,11 +681,18 @@ class Decimal(object):
             return cls(f)
         if _math.isinf(f) or _math.isnan(f):  # raises TypeError if not a float
             return cls(repr(f))
-        sign = 0 if _math.copysign(1.0, f) == 1.0 else 1
+        if _math.copysign(1.0, f) == 1.0:
+            sign = 0
+        else:
+            sign = 1
         n, d = abs(f).as_integer_ratio()
         k = d.bit_length() - 1
         result = _dec_from_triple(sign, str(n*5**k), -k)
-        return result if cls is Decimal else cls(result)
+        if cls is Decimal:
+            return result
+        else:
+            return cls(result)
+    from_float = classmethod(from_float)
 
     def _isnan(self):
         """Returns whether the number is not actually one.