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  r61892 | mark.dickinson | 2008-03-25 15:33:23 +0100 (Tue, 25 Mar 2008) | 3 lines

  Issue #2478: Decimal(sqrt(0)) failed when the decimal context
  was not explicitly supplied.
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  r61900 | georg.brandl | 2008-03-25 18:36:43 +0100 (Tue, 25 Mar 2008) | 2 lines

  Add Benjamin.
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Lib/decimal.py

@@ -2454,6 +2454,9 @@ def to_integral_value(self, rounding=None, context=None):
 
     def sqrt(self, context=None):
         """Return the square root of self."""
+        if context is None:
+            context = getcontext()
+
         if self._is_special:
             ans = self._check_nans(context=context)
             if ans:
@@ -2467,9 +2470,6 @@ def sqrt(self, context=None):
             ans = _dec_from_triple(self._sign, '0', self._exp // 2)
             return ans._fix(context)
 
-        if context is None:
-            context = getcontext()
-
         if self._sign == 1:
             return context._raise_error(InvalidOperation, 'sqrt(-x), x > 0')
 

Lib/test/test_decimal.py

@@ -1303,6 +1303,12 @@ class MyDecimal(Decimal):
         d = d1.max(d2)
         self.assertTrue(type(d) is Decimal)
 
+    def test_implicit_context(self):
+        # Check results when context given implicitly.  (Issue 2478)
+        c = getcontext()
+        self.assertEqual(str(Decimal(0).sqrt()),
+                         str(c.sqrt(Decimal(0))))
+
 
 class DecimalPythonAPItests(unittest.TestCase):
 

Misc/developers.txt

@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ the format to accommodate documentation needs as they arise.
 Permissions History
 -------------------
 
+- Benjamin Peterson was given SVN access on 25 March 2008 by Georg
+  Brandl, for bug triage work.
+
 - Jerry Seutter was given SVN access on 20 March 2008 by BAC, for
   general contributions to Python.