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[Python-ideas] Python Float Update

David Mertz mertz at gnosis.cx
Mon Jun 1 05:27:47 CEST 2015 
On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 8:14 PM, <random832 at fastmail.us> wrote:

> Even though he's mistaken about the core premise, I do think there's a
> kernel of a good idea here - it would be nice to have a method (maybe
> as_integer_ratio, maybe with some parameter added, maybe a different
> method) to return with the smallest denominator that would result in
> exactly the original float if divided out, rather than merely the
> smallest power of two.
>

What is the computational complexity of a hypothetical
float.as_simplest_integer_ratio() method?  How hard that is to find is not
obvious to me (probably it should be, but I'm not sure).

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