[stdlib-sig] poss. naming inconsistency: fractions

[Jeffrey Yasskin]

Guido suggested fractions in http://bugs.python.org/msg62254.

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 2:46 AM, Mark Summerfield <mark at qtrac.eu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  In Py30a3 the rational module seems to have been renamed 'fractions'.
>  This module provides an additional numeric data type
>  "fractions.Fraction".
>  But there is an existing module that provides a numeric data type:
>  "decimal.Decimal".
>  Wouldn't it be more consistent to have
>  "fraction.Fraction"
>  to match?
>
>  --
>  Mark Summerfield, Qtrac Ltd., www.qtrac.eu
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Namasté,
Jeffrey Yasskin
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