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authorMark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com>2009-04-22 17:50:21 (GMT)
committerMark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com>2009-04-22 17:50:21 (GMT)
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Issue #5812: Make Fraction('1e6') valid. The Fraction constructor now
accepts all strings accepted by the float and Decimal constructors, with the exception of strings representing NaNs or infinities.
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@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
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+- Issue #5812: Fraction('1e6') is valid: more generally, any string
+ that's valid for float() is now valid for Fraction(), with the
+ exception of strings representing NaNs and infinities.
+
- Issue #5734: BufferedRWPair was poorly tested and had several glaring
bugs. Patch by Brian Quinlan.