[Python-checkins] cpython: Closes #10650: Deprecate the watchexp parameter of Decimal.quantize().

Sun Sep 9 11:19:17 CEST 2012

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/e4ca4edee8bd
changeset: 78909:e4ca4edee8bd
user: Stefan Krah <skrah at bytereef.org>
date: Thu Aug 30 12:33:55 2012 +0200
summary:
 Closes #10650: Deprecate the watchexp parameter of Decimal.quantize().
files:
 Doc/library/decimal.rst | 5 +++++
 Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst | 4 ++++
 Misc/NEWS | 3 +++
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/library/decimal.rst b/Doc/library/decimal.rst
--- a/Doc/library/decimal.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/decimal.rst
@@ -737,6 +737,11 @@
 resulting exponent is greater than :attr:`Emax` or less than
 :attr:`Etiny`.
 
+ .. deprecated:: 3.3
+ *watchexp* is an implementation detail from the pure Python version
+ and is not present in the C version. It will be removed in version
+ 3.4, where it defaults to ``True``.
+
 .. method:: radix()
 
 Return ``Decimal(10)``, the radix (base) in which the :class:`Decimal`
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
@@ -1190,6 +1190,10 @@
 changed to match the order displayed by :func:`repr`.
 
 
+* The ``watchexp`` parameter in the :meth:`~decimal.Decimal.quantize` method
+ is deprecated.
+
+
 ftplib
 ------
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 - Issue #15340: Fix importing the random module when /dev/urandom cannot
 be opened. This was a regression caused by the hash randomization patch.
 
+- Issue #10650: Deprecate the watchexp parameter of the Decimal.quantize()
+ method.
+
 - Issue #15785: Modify window.get_wch() API of the curses module: return
 a character for most keys, and an integer for special keys, instead of
 always returning an integer. So it is now possible to distinguish special
-- 
Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython
