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cpython/Modules/_decimal
Antoine Pitrou cdddc2b742
bpo-43422: Revert _decimal C API addition (GH-24960)
Stefan Krah requested the reversal of these (unreleased) changes, quoting him:
> The capsule API does not meet my testing standards, since I've focused
on the upstream mpdecimal in the last couple of months.
> Additionally, I'd like to refine the API, perhaps together with the
Arrow community.

Automerge-Triggered-By: GH:pitrou
2021-03-21 09:27:54 -07:00
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libmpdec bpo-40878: xlc cannot handle C99 extern inline. (GH-21887) 2020-08-15 16:06:21 +02:00
tests bpo-43422: Revert _decimal C API addition (GH-24960) 2021-03-21 09:27:54 -07:00
_decimal.c bpo-43422: Revert _decimal C API addition (GH-24960) 2021-03-21 09:27:54 -07:00
docstrings.h Revert "bpo-26680: Incorporate is_integer in all built-in and standard library numeric types (GH-6121)" (GH-22584) 2020-10-07 16:43:44 -07:00
README.txt


About
=====

_decimal.c is a wrapper for the libmpdec library. libmpdec is a fast C
library for correctly-rounded arbitrary precision decimal floating point
arithmetic. It is a complete implementation of Mike Cowlishaw/IBM's
General Decimal Arithmetic Specification.


Build process for the module
============================

As usual, the build process for _decimal.so is driven by setup.py in the top
level directory. setup.py autodetects the following build configurations:

   1) x64         - 64-bit Python, x86_64 processor (AMD, Intel)

   2) uint128     - 64-bit Python, compiler provides __uint128_t (gcc)

   3) ansi64      - 64-bit Python, ANSI C

   4) ppro        - 32-bit Python, x86 CPU, PentiumPro or later

   5) ansi32      - 32-bit Python, ANSI C

   6) ansi-legacy - 32-bit Python, compiler without uint64_t

   7) universal   - Mac OS only (multi-arch)


It is possible to override autodetection by exporting:

   PYTHON_DECIMAL_WITH_MACHINE=value, where value is one of the above options.


NOTE
====

decimal.so is not built from a static libmpdec.a since doing so led to
failures on AIX (user report) and Windows (mixing static and dynamic CRTs
causes locale problems and more).