Re: adding import in pl/python function

On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 4:10 PM, Szymon Guz <mabewlun(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> I'm thinking about something else. We could convert it into Decimal
> (http://docs.python.org/2/library/decimal.html) class in Python.
> Unfortunately this class requires import like `from decimal import Decimal`
> from a standard Python library.
>
> I'm wondering if it would be a good idea to do it like this. It shouldn't
> fail even with the trusted version of pl/python, as I'd rather see the
> trusted version to allow importing packages from standard library.

Why would passing a decimal require an import?

The extension itself needs a reference to Decimal, to build them, but
the procedure's context doesn't need to have it.