Martin Teichmann writes:

 > Also in this case my proposal would give SymPy the chance to
 > understand what the user actually entered, and act accordingly.

But *only* in this case.  It seems to me that what SymPy would really
like is for arithmetic expressions in certain contexts to be returned
as syntax trees rather than executed.  But this really would greatly
complicate the mental model, unlike your ratiofloat proposal.

Steve
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