[Python-Dev] Re: PEP239 (Rational Numbers) Reference Implementation and new issues (original) (raw)

Andrew Koenig ark@research.att.com
Wed, 2 Oct 2002 22:16:07 -0400 (EDT)

Tim> How many trailing zeroes do you expect to save this way?

The real point is to have small, efficient rational representations for floating-point numbers, even those with large exponents.