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Author rhettinger
Recipients Arfrever, [email protected], ezio.melotti, georg.brandl, larry, mark.dickinson, r.david.murray, rhettinger, serhiy.storchaka, terry.reedy
Date 2012-12-31.07:30:21
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20+ years of Python success suggest this isn't a problem that needs solving.  AFAICT, other languages haven't found a need to preserve number representation either.  Likewise, Linux itself doesn't preserve the original form of a chmod call.  I recommend closing this one.
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2012-12-31 07:30:22rhettingersetrecipients: + rhettinger, georg.brandl, terry.reedy, mark.dickinson, larry, ezio.melotti, Arfrever, r.david.murray, [email protected], serhiy.storchaka
2012-12-31 07:30:22rhettingersetmessageid: <[email protected]>
2012-12-31 07:30:22rhettingerlinkissue16801 messages
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