changeset:   78909:e4ca4edee8bd
user:        Stefan Krah <skrah@bytereef.org>
date:        Thu Aug 30 12:33:55 2012 +0200
files:       Doc/library/decimal.rst Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst Misc/NEWS
description:
Closes #10650: Deprecate the watchexp parameter of Decimal.quantize().


diff -r 7734eb2707a1 -r e4ca4edee8bd Doc/library/decimal.rst
--- a/Doc/library/decimal.rst	Sat Sep 01 14:34:45 2012 +0200
+++ b/Doc/library/decimal.rst	Thu Aug 30 12:33:55 2012 +0200
@@ -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 -r 7734eb2707a1 -r e4ca4edee8bd Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst	Sat Sep 01 14:34:45 2012 +0200
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst	Thu Aug 30 12:33:55 2012 +0200
@@ -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 -r 7734eb2707a1 -r e4ca4edee8bd Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS	Sat Sep 01 14:34:45 2012 +0200
+++ b/Misc/NEWS	Thu Aug 30 12:33:55 2012 +0200
@@ -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