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Bug#1075905: ITP: python-fraction -- Fraction carries out all the fraction operations including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, reciprocation

From	Daniele Nicolodi <daniele@grinta.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.devel
Subject	Bug#1075905: ITP: python-fraction -- Fraction carries out all the fraction operations including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, reciprocation
Date	2024-07-08 02:10 +0200
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On 08/07/24 01:47, Yogeswaran Umasankar wrote:
> As I look further, it appears that standard Python libs such as float or
> decimal.Decimal do not provide exact representation of rational numbers
> (fractions) without potential loss of precision. Seems ‘fraction’
> package yield exact results because those functions directly work on
> fractions (to my limited understanding).

As I already pointed out, the Python standard libray has a `franctions` 
module https://docs.python.org/3/library/fractions.html which does 
exactly what the ITP package does.

Cheers,
Dan

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Bug#1075905: ITP: python-fraction -- Fraction carries out all the fraction operations including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, reciprocation Yogeswaran Umasankar <yogu@debian.org> - 2024-07-07 17:50 +0200
  Bug#1075905: ITP: python-fraction -- Fraction carries out all the fraction operations including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, reciprocation Daniele Nicolodi <daniele@grinta.net> - 2024-07-07 19:20 +0200
    Bug#1075905: ITP: python-fraction -- Fraction carries out all the fraction operations including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, reciprocation Andrey Rakhmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2024-07-07 19:30 +0200
  Bug#1075905: ITP: python-fraction -- Fraction carries out all the fraction operations including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, reciprocation Yogeswaran Umasankar <yogu@debian.org> - 2024-07-07 20:00 +0200
    Bug#1075905: ITP: python-fraction -- Fraction carries out all the fraction operations including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, reciprocation Alexandre Detiste <alexandre.detiste@gmail.com> - 2024-07-07 20:10 +0200
    Bug#1075905: ITP: python-fraction -- Fraction carries out all the fraction operations including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, reciprocation Andrey Rakhmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2024-07-07 22:00 +0200
      Bug#1075905: ITP: python-fraction -- Fraction carries out all the fraction operations including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, reciprocation Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> - 2024-07-08 16:40 +0200
  Bug#1075905: ITP: python-fraction -- Fraction carries out all the fraction operations including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, reciprocation Yogeswaran Umasankar <yogu@debian.org> - 2024-07-08 02:20 +0200
  Bug#1075905: ITP: python-fraction -- Fraction carries out all the fraction operations including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, reciprocation Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2024-07-08 02:10 +0200
  Bug#1075905: ITP: python-fraction -- Fraction carries out all the fraction operations including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, reciprocation Yogeswaran Umasankar <yogu@debian.org> - 2024-07-08 02:00 +0200
    Bug#1075905: ITP: python-fraction -- Fraction carries out all the fraction operations including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, reciprocation Daniele Nicolodi <daniele@grinta.net> - 2024-07-08 02:10 +0200

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