text_combined: martin v löwis qpnyslvloewisde id call bug change accident sideeffect fact 251 coefficient mantissa decimal stored tuple 252 stored string greatly improves efficiency clearly 252 mantissa stored unicode instance second case explicitly coerced str decimal__new__ others agree bug ill fix people agree bug please fix regards martin _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 004243 0100 pythondev decimalunicode