I actually think the biggest argument against this idea is exactly the same as why it’s not a major breaking change:

Python assumes, and converts to, floats all over the place. So users need to understand and accommodate  the limitations of floats anyway. Having exact fractions in seemingly arbitrary places will not result in more accurate (or precise) results in most cases, but would result in more confusion and more difficult error analysis.

-CHB



On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 12:56 AM Shreyan Avigyan <pythonshreyan09@gmail.com> wrote:
Chris:
> But none of the rest of your statement is an argument against Fraction literals.

If we have fractions.Fraction then we must have decimal.Decimal. We always don't judge by accuracy. There are other factors in motion that are to be considered.
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