From 9b134bf716eecf5afa11259fdc720a26bcce15f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fred Drake Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 18:42:55 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added comment about support for rational numbers, and pointer to Demos/classes/Rat.py. --- Doc/lib/libmpz.tex | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libmpz.tex b/Doc/lib/libmpz.tex index c761ea10228..eb5dea81bbb 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libmpz.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libmpz.tex @@ -19,8 +19,13 @@ arithmetic routines. Only the interfaces to the \emph{integer} (\function{mpz_*()}) routines are provided. If not stated otherwise, the description in the GNU MP documentation can be applied. +Support for rational numbers\index{rational numbers} can be +implemented in Python. For an example, see the \module{Rat}% +\withsubitem{(demo module)}{\ttindex{Rat}} module, provided as +\file{Demos/classes/Rat.py} in the Python source distribution. + In general, \dfn{mpz}-numbers can be used just like other standard -Python numbers, e.g.\ you can use the built-in operators like \code{+}, +Python numbers, e.g., you can use the built-in operators like \code{+}, \code{*}, etc., as well as the standard built-in functions like \function{abs()}, \function{int()}, \ldots, \function{divmod()}, \function{pow()}. \strong{Please note:} the \emph{bitwise-xor}