From: noreply@...
Date: 2007-05-14T04:00:57+09:00
Subject: [ ruby-Bugs-10739 ] Rational comparison to 0 fails when denominator is != 1

Bugs item #10739, was opened at 2007-05-10 08:06
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Category: Core
Group: 1.8.5
Status: Closed
Resolution: None
Priority: 3
Submitted By: Bertram Scharpf (bscharpf)
Assigned to: Nobody (None)
Summary: Rational comparison to 0 fails when denominator is != 1

Initial Comment:
irb(main):001:0> r = Rational.new! 0, 100
=> Rational(0, 100)
irb(main):002:0> r.zero?
=> false
irb(main):003:0> r == 0
=> false


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Comment By: mathew ! (meta)
Date: 2007-05-13 14:00

Message:
In that case, it's a documentation bug. The documentation says that Rational() is preferred, but doesn't say that new! should not be used.

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Comment By: Nobuyoshi Nakada  (nobu)
Date: 2007-05-12 09:20

Message:
Not a bug.

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Comment By: Nobuyoshi Nakada  (nobu)
Date: 2007-05-12 09:20

Message:
Do not use Rational.new! directly.

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Comment By: Nobuyoshi Nakada  (nobu)
Date: 2007-05-11 01:34

Message:
Not a bug.

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Comment By: Nobuyoshi Nakada  (nobu)
Date: 2007-05-11 01:34

Message:
Do not use Rational.new! directly.

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Comment By: Nobuyoshi Nakada  (nobu)
Date: 2007-05-10 08:38

Message:
Not a bug.

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Comment By: Nobuyoshi Nakada  (nobu)
Date: 2007-05-10 08:38

Message:
Do not use Rational.new! directly.

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