From 40188782dd9cf3495293d8fe07070d4c642389fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 09:24:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fractions.from_float() no longer loses precision with large
 integer inputs.

---
 Lib/fractions.py           | 2 +-
 Lib/test/test_fractions.py | 2 ++
 Misc/NEWS                  | 3 +++
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Lib/fractions.py b/Lib/fractions.py
index 4adb184a9ee..446ad8ea827 100755
--- a/Lib/fractions.py
+++ b/Lib/fractions.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class Fraction(Rational):
 
         """
         if isinstance(f, numbers.Integral):
-            f = float(f)
+            return cls(f)
         elif not isinstance(f, float):
             raise TypeError("%s.from_float() only takes floats, not %r (%s)" %
                             (cls.__name__, f, type(f).__name__))
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_fractions.py b/Lib/test/test_fractions.py
index 979fef75cdf..a6c3c32cb09 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_fractions.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_fractions.py
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ class FractionTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def testFromFloat(self):
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, F.from_float, 3+4j)
         self.assertEquals((10, 1), _components(F.from_float(10)))
+        bigint = 1234567890123456789
+        self.assertEquals((bigint, 1), _components(F.from_float(bigint)))
         self.assertEquals((0, 1), _components(F.from_float(-0.0)))
         self.assertEquals((10, 1), _components(F.from_float(10.0)))
         self.assertEquals((-5, 2), _components(F.from_float(-2.5)))
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 02e5085ca38..2606ac1cef5 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Fractions.from_float() no longer loses precision for integers to big to
+  cast as floats.
+
 - Issue 4790: The nsmallest() and nlargest() functions in the heapq module
   did unnecessary work in the common case where no key function was specified.