freeipa/doc/api/Decimal.md
Antonio Torres 88d8534e49 Extend API documentation
This includes:

* Section about command/param info in usage guide
* Section about metadata retrieval in usage guide
* Guide about differences between CLI and API
* Access control guide (management of roles, privileges and
  permissions).
* Guide about API contexts
* JSON-RPC usage guide and JSON-to-Python conversion
* Notes about types in API Reference

Signed-off-by: Antonio Torres <antorres@redhat.com>
Reviewed-By: Alexander Bokovoy <abokovoy@redhat.com>
Reviewed-By: Rob Crittenden <rcritten@redhat.com>
2023-04-06 08:56:35 +02:00

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# Decimal
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A parameter for floating-point values (stored in the ``Decimal`` type).
Python Decimal type helps overcome problems tied to plain "float" type,
e.g. problem with representation or value comparison. In order to safely
transfer the value over RPC libraries, it is being converted to string
which is then converted back to Decimal number.