On 08/04/19 2:52 PM, K K Subbu wrote:
> 
>> We currently have ScaledDecimal with 3.41s or 3.42s2 syntax.
>> The problem with ScaledDecimal is that their printing is ambiguous: 
>> two different ScaledDecimal may print the same.
>>
>>      {1.0s2 / 3.0s2. 0.33s2} collect: #printString.
>>      {1.0s2 / 3.0s2. 0.33s2} collect: #reciprocal.
> 
> Is Squeak 5.3alpha/64b/Linux, I get
> 
> {1.0s2 / 3.0s2. 0.33s2} collect: #reciprocal {3.00s2 . 3.03s2}.
> 
> But I get your point. For decimal numbers, using both denominator and 
> scale is an overkill. Printing can be handled by the existing 
> printFractionAs... . Reciprocal of a decimal number could become 
> imprecise operation, so we could fall back to Float when necessary.
> 
> With decimal numbers, we could print
>   0.25 reciprocal = 4
> instead of the current
>   0.25 reciprocal = 4.166666666666667

PBKAC! mea culpa. I meant to say I expected 4 instead of 4.0.

ScaledDecimal looks promising but I don't know why it doesn't reduce 
like Fraction:

   self assert: (0.25s reciprocal class) classAndValueEquals: 4

Regards .. Subbu