"Mike Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Title: A rational number module for Python >> <snip>
1. I would call this Not Necessary but Nice. Perhaps the time has come to include rationals in the Standard Library, given that its expansion will be a focus of the 2.5 cycle. It certainly seems time to have such a PEP pushed to a formal decision. To increase the chance of getting BDFL approval, you might search clp and especially pydev archives for Guido's (and maybe other developers') past objections and prepare to meet them. I vaguely remember things like too specialized and not needed enough, need already met by third party modules, and the inherent clumbsiness of exact rational calculations (due to length growth of 'ators and the time needed to remove common factors, if one does). 2. The initial and debugged implementation should be in Python at least until the interface and behavioral specs are finalized. Beside the obvious reasons, this will help the PyPy project which is currently being slowed a bit by the needed to rewrite C-coded modules in Python. Terry J. Reedy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
