Python float to Decimal conversion

Question

Python Decimal doesn\'t support being constructed from float; it expects that you have to convert float to a string first.

This is very inconvenient since standard

Answer 1

You can use JSON to accomplish it

import json
from decimal import Decimal

float_value = 123456.2365
decimal_value = json.loads(json.dumps(float_value), parse_float=Decimal)