How about adding rational fraction to Python?

Steve Holden steve at holdenweb.com
Mon Feb 25 11:48:12 EST 2008


Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2008-02-25, Carl Banks <pavlovevidence at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> In other words, 3/4 in Python rightly yields a float
> 
> Unless you're in the camp that believes 3/4 should yield the
> integer 0. ;)
> 
>> and not a rational.
> 
No, that wouldn't be rational ;-)
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