[Python-Dev] Re: PEP239 (Rational Numbers) Reference Implementation and new issues
Guido van Rossum
guido@python.org
Thu, 03 Oct 2002 10:56:48 -0400
After reading most of the discussion, I don't know what to do about
this. There are a number of different ideas that should be reviewed
separately: "classic" rationals, fixed-point decimal, a new kind of
floats with settable precision...
I tend to think that rationals and superfloats are sufficiently
esoteric that they should probably be relegated to an extension or
library module. Fixed-point decimals have some nice properties, but
apparently implementing it isn't easy -- Aahz has been sitting on a
prototype approximately forever. I hear that Tim's FixedPoint package
is now a SF project.
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)