pydicom.config.DS_decimal

pydicom.config.DS_decimal(use_Decimal_boolean: bool = True) → None

Set DS class to be derived from decimal.Decimal or float.

If this function is never called, the default in pydicom >= 0.9.8 is for DS to be based on float.

Parameters:

use_Decimal_boolean (bool, optional) – True (default) to derive DS from decimal.Decimal, False to derive it from float.

Raises:

ValueError – If use_Decimal_boolean and use_DS_numpy are both True.