Re: "A diagram of C23 basic types"

On Fri, 18 Apr 2025 12:49:56 +0100, bart wrote:

The idea behind writing 1e12 for example was for something that was
compact, quick to type, and easy to grasp. This:
 
    int(decimal.Decimal("1e24"))
 
seems to lack all of those.

I would agree with that. But remember, it can be abbreviated†:

    D = decimal.Decimal

then you can just change the above expression to

    int(D("1e24"))

I suppose this is why C++ has introduced user-defined literals. No doubt
the Python folks will find some way to provide something similar at some
point ...

†Why is “abbreviated” such a long word?