Part of https://github.com/tarantool/tarantool-ee/issues/1188
Task: https://jira.vk.team/browse/TNTP-2277
Product: Tarantool
Since: 3.5.0
Root document:

• https://www.tarantool.io/en/doc/latest/platform/engines/
• https://www.tarantool.io/ru/doc/latest/reference/reference_lua/decimal/

SME: @ nshy @ sergepetrenko

1. Новые типы, decimal32/64/... появились во всех движках, не только memcs (memtx и vinyl)
2. Это затрагивает модуль decimal

Added support for fixed point decimal types decimal32, decimal64,
decimal128 and decimal256. They differ in number of significant
decimal digits:

• decimal32 - 9
• decimal64 - 18
• decimal128 - 38
• decimal256 - 76

These types also has additional parameter scale which defines the
position of decimal point or it can be seen as implied decimal exponent
with value of -scale. For example type decimal32 with scale = 4
can represent values from -99999.9999 to 99999.9999. And decimal
with scale = -2 can represent values from -999999999 * 10^2 to
999999999 * 10^2.

Example 1. Creating space with field of fixed decimal type.

s = box.schema.create_space('test', {format = { {'a', 'unsigned'}, {'b', 'decimal32', scale = 4}, }})

Decimal values can be created using decimal module. It changed to
be able to represent values of new types:

• limitation on exponent is removed
• precision is increased to 76 decimal digits
• printing is done in scientific notation

Example 2. Passing decimal values.

local decimal = require('decimal') s = box.schema.create_space('test', {format = { {'a', 'unsigned'}, {'b', 'decimal32', scale = 4}, }}) s:create_index('pk') s:insert({1, decimal.new(13333)}) s:insert({2, decimal.new(0.0017)})

Requested by @nshy in tarantool/tarantool@92b3102.