From: Mark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 15:47:46 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Add Misc/NEWS entry for r79609.
X-Git-Tag: v2.7b1~98
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8a95071fc1ef3dabb0b0f090f09749a12ef6b620;p=python

Add Misc/NEWS entry for r79609.
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 1f715b986a..e942fb70c3 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #8257: The Decimal construct now accepts a float instance
+  directly, converting that float to a Decimal of equal value:
+
+     >>> Decimal(1.1)
+     Decimal('1.100000000000000088817841970012523233890533447265625')
+
 - collections.Counter() now supports a subtract() method.
 
 - Issue #8294: The Fraction constructor now accepts Decimal and float