commit a617e208fc9fcb8022f429bca20818c472ad9a4e
author Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> Mon Jan 25 03:52:52 2010 +0000
committer Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> Mon Jan 25 03:52:52 2010 +0000
tree 056b9947739ffa1846c24e3ac3577fad7f36b244
parent a43f34cc2a7a55cea794ecb9bda2eea5c685d1f3

mention from_float() in error message

Lib/decimal.py

diff --git a/Lib/decimal.py b/Lib/decimal.py
index 4caa4ce..51b87d9 100644
--- a/Lib/decimal.py
+++ b/Lib/decimal.py
@@ -648,8 +648,8 @@
             return self
 
         if isinstance(value, float):
-            raise TypeError("Cannot convert float to Decimal.  " +
-                            "First convert the float to a string")
+            raise TypeError("Cannot convert float in Decimal constructor. "
+                            "Use from_float class method.")
 
         raise TypeError("Cannot convert %r to Decimal" % value)