Re: [Python-ideas] numerical type combining integer and float/decimal properties [Was: Re: Python Numbers as Human Concept Decimal System]

Guido van Rossum writes:

I think what you're proposing here is variant of fixed-point numbers. The

representation you seem to be looking for is an arbitrary-precision integer plus an exponent. A question for you: how would you treat results like 1/3?

No, I don't think this is what I'm proposing. I said digits left of the decimal point should behave like a Python integer, i.e., have arbitrary precision, but to the right of it things should look like a float or Decimal with fixed precision. So 1/3 would just look like float(1/3) for example. Best, Wolfgang