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Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 10:48:40 +0100
Subject: Re: Unexpected results comparing float to Fraction
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Oscar Benjamin
<oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> wrote:
> The real dividing line between {int, Fraction} and {float, Decimal,
> complex} is about (in)exactness. The numeric tower ensures the
> property that inexactness is contagious which I think is a good thing.

*nods slowly*

That does make sense, albeit a little oddly. So when you're sorting
out different integer sizes (C's short/int/long, Py2's int/long), you
go to the "better" one, but when working with inexact types, you go to
the "worse" one. But I can see the logic in it.

ChrisA