[issue33073] Add as_integer_ratio() to int() objects

[Serhiy Storchaka]

Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka+cpython at gmail.com> added the comment:

Adding as_integer_ratio() to numbers.Rational is a breaking change. It breaks the interface. Currently all numbers.Rational subclasses implement all public methods and properties of the abstract class, but with adding as_integer_ratio() this will be no longer true.

>>> issubclass(numpy.int64, numbers.Rational)
True
>>> numpy.int64.as_integer_ratio
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
AttributeError: type object 'numpy.int64' has no attribute 'as_integer_ratio'

I suggest to make as_integer_ratio() creating an implicit interface (as write() creates an implicit interface for writable file-like objects), and add a convenient function (in the numbers or the math module) which calls this method if it exists and falls back to the (nominator, denominator) pair otherwise.

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