Ah, OK, sorry about the misunderstanding.
> On 20 Dec 2016, at 09:21, Stephane Ducasse <stepharo.s...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I think that I know that :)
> And this is why I mentioned that if you print 1/3 it prints (1/3) so that we
> can continue typing + (2/3)
>
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 11:02 PM, Sven Van Caekenberghe <s...@stfx.eu> wrote:
>
> > On 19 Dec 2016, at 22:00, Stephane Ducasse <stepharo.s...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi serge
> >
> > the printing should be normal because like that you are ready to type
> > 1/3 + 2/3 and get 1.
>
> No, not at all:
>
> 1/3 + 2/3
>
> "(7/9)"
>
> These are all just binary messages evaluated left to right, like this:
>
> ((1/3) + 2)/3
>
> "(7/9)"
>
> That is why you need the parenthesis in certain contexts.
> Now adding two of them is definitively wrong.
>
> (1/3) + (2/3)
>
> "1"
>
> (The first parenthesis are not needed, btw).
>
> > Now I do not get why you get ((1/2)) thanks for reporting it.
> >
> > Stef
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 9:08 AM, Serge Stinckwich
> > <serge.stinckw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have one question about Fraction.
> >
> > When I print a fraction like 1/2 in the Playground I obtain (1/2) and
> > when I inspect I obtain ((1/2)). Why do we need all these parentheses
> > ?
> >
> > I didn't try with a current Pharo 6.0 image, because my bandwidth is
> > quite limited right now (Vietnam).
> >
> > --
> > Serge Stinckwich
> > UCBN & UMI UMMISCO 209 (IRD/UPMC)
> > Every DSL ends up being Smalltalk
> > http://www.doesnotunderstand.org/
> >
> >
>
>
>
