GCD in Fractions

[Mark Lawrence]

On 23/09/2014 23:52, Mark Lawrence wrote:
> On 23/09/2014 22:48, blindanagram wrote:
>> On 23/09/2014 20:30, Mark Lawrence wrote:
>>> On 23/09/2014 18:43, blindanagram wrote:
>>> All you need do is raise an issue on the bug tracker, provide a patch to
>>> code, test and docs and the job is done.
>>
>> Thank you for your helpful comment.  I will happily do this if after
>> discussion here there is a reasonable level of support and encouragement
>> for such an action.
>>
>> However, there is at least one person here who takes the view that
>> backward compatibility outranks mathematical correctness and I don't
>> want to find that 'I am banging my head against a brick wall' if this is
>> likely to be the stance that Python developers take.
>>
>
>  From https://docs.python.org/devguide/experts.html Mark Dickinson and
> Raymond Hettinger are listed as the maintainers of the fractions module.
>   If they're not lurking here I'd guess the simplest way to contact them
> is via the bug tracker.  That also gives the official mechanism as to
> whether or not an enhancement request such as this is accepted or
> rejected and the rationale behind the decision.  For example it is
> feasible that the current behaviour would be deprecated in Python 3.5
> and changed in 3.6 to match your needs.  I don't have enough knowledge
> of the maths to say one way or another, but I'm certain that others will
> chip in with their comments.  Best of luck anyway :)
>

Somebody got there first http://bugs.python.org/issue22477

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Mark Lawrence