python decimal 转换为float_python-2.6中从float到decimal的转换：怎么做，为什么他们不这样做...

Direct conversion from float to Decimal was implemented in python-2.7, both in Decimal's constructor and with the Decimal.from_float() classmethod.

Python-2.6 instead throws a TypeError suggesting to convert to string first:

TypeError: Cannot convert float to Decimal. First convert the float to a string

so my usual workaround is this:

if sys.version_info < (2, 7):

Decimal.from_float = classmethod(lambda cls, x: cls(str(x)))

That's just a literary translation from the error message - and I just don't bother implementing it in the constructor too.

If it's that simple, why didn't they implement it in the first place instead of telling the user to do it in a TypeError? Is that the best method available (and by extension is that the one used in python-2.7 and newer?)

解决方案

Your workaround is not the RightWayToDoIt(tm) because it loses information. The lossless way to convert is shown in the recipe for float_to_decimal() shown in the Decimal FAQ.

The reason we didn't include Decimal.from_float in Python 2.6 is because we were being conservative about introducing unintentional interactions between binary floats and decimal floats. By Python 2.7, this was all worked out and you can just write Decimal(f) where f is a binary float.

Other than the small nuisance in 2.6, I hope you're enjoying the Decimal module