[New-bugs-announce] [issue25971] Optimize converting float and Decimal to Fraction

[Serhiy Storchaka]

New submission from Serhiy Storchaka:

Proposed patch makes following things:

1. Rewrite error messages in float.as_integer_ratio() and Python implementation of Decimal.as_integer_ratio() in more general form, not mentioning as_integer_ratio(), as in C implementation of Decimal.as_integer_ratio().

2. Use Decimal.as_integer_ratio() to convert Decimal to Fraction.

3. Get rid of additional checks in Fraction constructor that raise errors with appropriate messages, since new error messages from as_integer_ratio() are appropriate enough.

This speeds up creating a Fraction from float and Decimal 2 to 3 times.

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components: Interpreter Core, Library (Lib)
files: fraction_from_floating.patch
keywords: patch
messages: 257145
nosy: facundobatista, mark.dickinson, rhettinger, serhiy.storchaka, skrah
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: patch review
status: open
title: Optimize converting float and Decimal to Fraction
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.6
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file41442/fraction_from_floating.patch

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