From: Brian Buckley <briankbuckley@...>
Date: 2006-01-15T15:12:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Duration between two days

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> irb(main):002:0> require "mathn"


Though getting a Rational back is not incorrect, clearly getting a Fixnum
back would be one's initial expectation.

Interesting that 'mathn' caused a change in return type.  I suppose that
means the return type is not part of the date subtraction contract.  I
quickly eyeballed mathn.rb to try to see the specific reason for the change
in return type.  My guess if that Date - Date uses the ** operator because
** is redefined in mathn.


Brian Buckley

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