#!/usr/bin/env python # encoding: utf-8 # # Copyright (c) 2009 Doug Hellmann All rights reserved. # """ """ #end_pymotw_header import decimal with decimal.localcontext() as c: c.prec = 2 print 'Local precision:', c.prec print '3.14 / 3 =', (decimal.Decimal('3.14') / 3) print print 'Default precision:', decimal.getcontext().prec print '3.14 / 3 =', (decimal.Decimal('3.14') / 3)