Gordon P. Hemsley <gphems...@gphemsley.org> added the comment: Indeed, that is the code fragment I was referring to.
Mathematically speaking, a rational number is one that can be expressed as a fraction of two integers, so in that regard the numerator and the denominator should both be integers. But let's assume for argument's sake that a type comes through where the numerator and the denominator are fractions: 1/2 and 2/3, respectively. This code would normalize them by cross-multiplying: numerator = 1 * 3 = 3 denominator = 2 * 3 = 6 Now they are both integers. In what scenario would the numerator and denominator be numbers.Rational but not an integer or a fraction? If someone could even come up with one, would it be worthwhile to allow as a fraction? And on the flip side, if math.gcd() only accepts integers and not, at least, numbers.Integral, wouldn't that be a bug? ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue32466> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
