On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 17:48:21 +0100, MRAB wrote: > On 29/07/2013 17:20, Chris Angelico wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 5:09 PM, MRAB <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com> >> wrote: >>> I'm surprised that Fraction(1/3) != Fraction(1, 3); after all, floats >>> are approximate anyway, and the float value 1/3 is more likely to be >>> Fraction(1, 3) than Fraction(6004799503160661, 18014398509481984). >> >> At what point should it become Fraction(1, 3)? >> > When the error drops below a certain threshold.
Good plan! I pick a threshold of 42.7. Anyone got a better threshold? *wink* -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
