[Python-checkins] r70276 - peps/trunk/pep-0239.txt

[guido.van.rossum]

Author: guido.van.rossum
Date: Mon Mar  9 18:12:41 2009
New Revision: 70276

Log:
Add pointer to PEP 3141.


Modified:
   peps/trunk/pep-0239.txt

Modified: peps/trunk/pep-0239.txt
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--- peps/trunk/pep-0239.txt	(original)
+++ peps/trunk/pep-0239.txt	Mon Mar  9 18:12:41 2009
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
     was the default 'exact' arithmetic in ABC and it did not work out as
     expected".  See the python-dev discussion on 17 June 2005.
 
+    *Postscript:* With the acceptance of PEP 3141, "A Type Hierarchy
+    for Numbers", a 'Rational' numeric abstract base class was added
+    with a concrete implementation in the 'fraction' module.
+
 Rationale
 
     While sometimes slower and more memory intensive (in general,