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

[Greg Ewing]

Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>:

> That is unless you wanted more precision than comes with a float.
> Normalization to some arbitrary maximum denominator magnitude
> would be a more general purpose solution.

Wouldn't a float type with specifiable precision do
just as well for that, and be more efficient?

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