[Python-Dev] PEP 239 - Rational

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Mon Mar 9 18:13:46 CET 2009


On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 11:41 PM, Lie Ryan <lie.1296 at gmail.com> wrote:
> PEP 239 says that Rational type was Rejected, but some time ago this
> decision is reverted, and now python 3.0 and python 2.6 includes a
> fractions.Fraction type. Shouldn't this PEP be updated? (At least to include
> a note of its obsoleted status or to point to the reversion)

Good idea. I've added a reference to PEP 3141 mentioning the Rational
ABC and the fractions module.

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