"best" rational number library for Python?

[casevh at comcast.net]

Oops, on the double-post.

casevh at comcast.net wrote:
> > A guy at work asked for functionality commonly found with rational numbers,
> > so I said I'd find and install something.  I figured gmpy would be suitable,
> > alas I'm having trouble successfully building the underlying GMP 4.2.1
> > library on a PC running Solaris 10 (won't compile with the default --host,
> > fails "make check" if I go the no-assembly route).  Before I invest a bunch
> > of time into this, am I barking up the wrong tree?
> >
> I've successfully compiled GMP 4.2.1 on Solaris 10 x86 using both the
> GCC and Sun Studio compilers on AMD 32-bit platform.
>
> I just compiled GMP 4.2.1 on a P4 using
>
> $ CFLAGS="" CC=gcc ./configure
> $ gmake; gmake check
>

You must use "gmake". "make" fails during "make check"

> and all tests passed.
> 
> casevh