facundo batista zopkrbwbxubyoxgmailcom 2008325 nick coghlan anyway 1 coercing mantissa str instance 25 dont know 25 im sure 26 fix decimal probably needs grow something like following near top module try _bytes bytes except nameerror 25 earlier _bytes str use _bytes instead str appropriate throughout rest module 1 updated bug created oleg isinstancevalue str check py3k restrictive needs accept bytes instances well number string strings imho bytes case use thanks facundo blog httpwwwtaniquetilcomarplog pyar httpwwwpythonorgar _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom wed 06 aug 2008 201811 0300 pythondev decimalunicode