[Cuis-dev] Fraction numerator and denominator

[Ezequiel Birman]

Hi!

`(4/6) numerator` returns 2 because `4/6` is evaluated first. Compare it to
`(Fraction numerator: 4 denominator: 6) numerator`.

Why would you need `numerator` or `denominator` if not working with
fraction arithmetic? I checked their senders, and the code shown only deals
with fractional arithmetic.


On Fri, 5 Jul 2024 at 16:52, Mark Volkmann via Cuis-dev <
cuis-dev at lists.cuis.st> wrote:

> I was surprised to see that the numerator and denominator instance methods
> of the Fraction class are in the private method category. Why
> should invoking those be avoided? Perhaps they are considered to be
> confusing since they return values from the reduced form of the fraction.
> For example, `(4 / 6) numerator` returns 2 because the reduced form of the
> fraction is `2 / 3`.
>
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