electrum

commit 24d47022b465705c710c5fa92f6e46d21d4b380c
parent b856336f8ce868717457676112a453b370eb9408
Author: SomberNight <somber.night@protonmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 18 Feb 2021 02:40:21 +0100

util: assert that Decimal precision is sufficient

Just for sanity... e.g. when importing electrum as a python library,
the calling code could have changed the precision.

related: #5223

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electrum/util.py
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1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/electrum/util.py b/electrum/util.py
@@ -630,6 +630,13 @@ def format_satoshis_plain(x, *, decimal_point=8) -> str:
     return "{:.8f}".format(Decimal(x) / scale_factor).rstrip('0').rstrip('.')
 
 
+# Check that Decimal precision is sufficient.
+# We need at the very least ~20, as we deal with msat amounts, and
+# log10(21_000_000 * 10**8 * 1000) ~= 18.3
+# decimal.DefaultContext.prec == 28 by default, but it is mutable.
+# We enforce that we have at least that available.
+assert decimal.getcontext().prec >= 28, f"PyDecimal precision too low: {decimal.getcontext().prec}"
+
 DECIMAL_POINT = localeconv()['decimal_point']  # type: str