ANN: Experimental Number Types (Integer, Rational, Floats)
John W. Baxter
jwbaxter at olympus.net
Thu Apr 19 20:47:54 EDT 2001
In article <mailman.987707135.9028.python-list at python.org>, M.-A.
Lemburg <mal at lemburg.com> wrote:
> I'm sure this proof of
> concept will raise a few more questions regarding the
> usefulness of switching to rationals for literals like
> 1.123.
I might be more tempted to create a Rational containing 1.123 by writing
Rational(1123, 1000). (Not to mention the opportunities for
obfuscation: Rational(2246, 2000) being just a non-obscure one.
And Paul makes a good case for Rational("1.123") I think.
And thanks for all the work!
--John
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