> Of course logically 'exactQuotient' makes sense, but I am a bit
> reluctant given that 'quo' has equivalent effect and for clarity
> one can do
> 
>    exactQuotient(x, y) ==> x quo y

Well, maybe currently not relevant, but apart from avoiding needless
wrapping in Union or computing the remainder and throwing it away, there
is also the fact that a colleague of mine developed an algorithm for
doing exact division faster.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747717183710126

It's also in GMP.
https://gmplib.org/manual/Exact-Division.html

Ralf

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