How about adding rational fraction to Python?

[D'Arcy J.M. Cain]

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:32:06 -0500
"J. Cliff Dyer" <jcd at sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 11:22 -0500, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
> > Not obvious to you.  You are using subjective perception as if it was
> > a
> > law of nature.  If "obvious" was the criteria then I would argue that
> > the only proper result of integer division is (int, int).  Give me the
> > result and the remainder and let me figure it out. 
> 
> I'd like to point out that now you are talking about int OP int
> returning a tuple, not an int.

Which would be stupid.  Good thing I don't think that "obvious" should
be the criteria.

-- 
D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy at druid.net>         |  Democracy is three wolves
http://www.druid.net/darcy/                |  and a sheep voting on
+1 416 425 1212     (DoD#0082)    (eNTP)   |  what's for dinner.