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

[David Abrahams]

Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:

> > 2r/3 would be nicer IMO.
> 
> Or 2/3r.  (The r binds only to the 3, but of course the binary
> operator rules kick in with the same effect.)
> 
> Frankly, this is the only sane notation for rationals I've seen so far
> in this discussion.

I liked 2r/3 because it gives the sense that r/ is the rational
division operator, where // is the whatever-the-hell-it-is division
operator. I don't know if it works in the grammar to be able to say
  
  x r/ y

though. Does it?

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