Re: [stdlib-sig] poss. naming inconsistency: fractions

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 6:41 AM, Jeffrey Yasskin wrote:

Guido suggested fractions in http://bugs.python.org/msg62254.

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 2:46 AM, Mark Summerfield wrote:

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Hi,

In Py30a3 the rational module seems to have been renamed 'fractions'. This module provides an additional numeric data type "fractions.Fraction". But there is an existing module that provides a numeric data type: "decimal.Decimal". Wouldn't it be more consistent to have "fraction.Fraction" to match?

I agree with Guido. 'decimals' just sounds weird. But 'fractions' is fine. -Brett