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http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29294 [lang][PATCH] lang.math.Fraction class deficiencies ------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2004-07-05 13:26 ------- I am attaching a patch that fixes the numerical problems identified in this bug, but does not change the public API or semantics. Other than more rigorous handling of overflows and better numerics, the only behavior change is that pow(int) returns a fraction in reduced form. All improvements are from patches submitted earlier by C. Scott Ananian. I agree with Scott that keeping fractions in non-reduced form is less efficient and more prone to overflows. I also do not see practical use cases for maintaining the distinction (non-equality) between equivalent fractions. The 2.0-released version of the class does this, however, so (in agreement with Stephen) I think we need to keep the current semantics. If there are no objections, after one more review and adding a few more test cases, I will commit this patch (labelled "consolidated bug fixes"). --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
