Add Misc/NEWS entry for r79609.

8a95071f · Mark Dickinson · 4dbda859 · 8a95071f
Kaydet (Commit) 8a95071f authored Nis 03, 2010 tarafından Mark Dickinson
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@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
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+- Issue #8257: The Decimal construct now accepts a float instance
+  directly, converting that float to a Decimal of equal value:
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+     >>> Decimal(1.1)
+     Decimal('1.100000000000000088817841970012523233890533447265625')
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 - collections.Counter() now supports a subtract() method.

 - Issue #8294: The Fraction constructor now accepts Decimal and float