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diff --git a/math/py-cdecimal/pkg-descr b/math/py-cdecimal/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..a399745f69c2 --- /dev/null +++ b/math/py-cdecimal/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +The cdecimal is a fast drop-in replacement for the decimal module in Python's +standard library. Both modules provide complete implementations of the General +Decimal Arithmetic Specification. + +Typical performance gains are between 30x for I/O heavy benchmarks and 80x for +numerical programs. In a database benchmark, cdecimal exhibits a speedup of +12x over decimal.py. + + decimal cdecimal speedup +pi 42.75s 0.58s 74x +telco 172.19s 5.68s 30x +psycopg 3.57s 0.29s 12x + +All Python versions from 2.5 up to 3.2 are supported. For the few remaining +differences, read the cdecimal documentation. cdecimal has been included in +Python-3.3. + +WWW: http://www.bytereef.org/mpdecimal/index.html |