On 3/11/07, Robert Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Say I want a function to return a rational, and I have the integers
> for numerator and denominator. Right now, I have to call the Rational
> constructor twice:
>
> return Rational(self.size())/Rational(n)
>
> It seems natural to have something like
> elif isinstance(x, tuple):
> ......
>
> around line 165 or so in rational.pyx, to allow something like
>
> return Rational( (self.size() , n) )
>
> Does anyone mind if I implement this?
Yes, please do that. Alternatively, just do
Integer(self.size()) / Integer(n)
since a quotient of two integers is *guaranteed* to be a rational.
William
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