[issue3285] Fraction.from_any()

2008-07-10 Thread Raymond Hettinger
Raymond Hettinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Adopted the solution used by functions in the math module. Functions that accept floats also accept integral inputs. This improves usability in face of mixed float/int data or decimal/int data. See r64846. -- resolution: -> f

[issue3285] Fraction.from_any()

2008-07-04 Thread Raymond Hettinger
New submission from Raymond Hettinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: After exercising the fractions module, I've found it problematic that there isn't a unified constructor to handle mixed data input types. For example, when updating the accurate summation recipe at http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Co