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

[Greg Ewing]

Greg> If rationals and slice objects were the same thing,
Greg> it wouldn't matter!

Andrew> But then how would you distinguish between x[1:4] and x[2:8]?

Well, if you reduced the rational to lowest terms you
would have to keep the original values around for when
you were using it as a slice object...

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