[Python-Dev] Re: PEP239 (Rational Numbers) Reference Implementation and new issues

[Greg Ewing]

Guido:

> The right conversions should happen when you mix rationals with other
> types of numbers (int/long -> rational -> float -> complex), but no
> operations should return rationals unless a rational goes in.

Maybe there should be a separate operator for rational
division?

  1/3 --> float
  1//3 --> int
  1///3 --> rational

(Okay, a 3-char operator is a bit verbose, but I can't
think of anything else that looks division-like just at
the moment.)

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