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Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction

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On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Rotwang <sg552@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> On 29/07/2013 17:40, Ian Kelly wrote:
>> At the point where the float is exactly equal to the value you get
>> from the floating-point division 1/3.
>
>
> But the interpreter has no way of knowing that the value 1/3 that's been
> passed to the Fraction constructor was obtained from the division 1/3,
> rather than, say, 100000000000000001/300000000000000000 or
> 6004799503160661/18014398509481984. How do you propose the constructor
> should decide between the many possible fractions that round to the same
> float, if not by choosing the one that evaluates to it exactly?

It should choose the fraction with the least terms that rounds to the
float.  Whether "least" here means least numerator, least denominator,
least sum of the two, or whatever is not terribly important.

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Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-07-29 15:43 +0000
  Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-07-29 09:50 -0600
  Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-07-29 17:09 +0100
  Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-29 17:20 +0100
    Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Rotwang <sg552@hotmail.co.uk> - 2013-07-29 19:20 +0100
    Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-07-29 19:32 +0000
  Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-07-29 17:48 +0100
    Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-07-29 17:27 +0000
  Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-07-29 10:40 -0600
    Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Rotwang <sg552@hotmail.co.uk> - 2013-07-29 19:16 +0100
      Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-07-29 13:33 -0600
  Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-07-29 18:04 +0100
    Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-07-29 18:46 +0000
    Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-07-29 20:19 +0000
  Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-07-29 13:08 -0400
    Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-07-29 17:29 +0000
      Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-07-29 16:48 -0400
  Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-29 18:14 +0100
  Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-07-29 11:35 -0600
  Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> - 2013-07-29 22:34 +0300
  Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-07-29 14:35 -0600
  Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2013-07-30 14:32 +0100
  Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Tony the Tiger <tony@tiger.invalid> - 2013-07-31 15:23 -0500
    Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-01 06:20 +0000
      Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-01 07:32 +0100
      Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2013-08-01 10:44 +0100
      Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-01 10:48 +0100

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