Wouldn't it be possible to do fraction division and then use the scale from the resulting Fraction>>#asScaledDecimal?
- Bernhard
> Am 10.06.2019 um 18:01 schrieb Nicolas Cellier <
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> Le lun. 10 juin 2019 à 17:33, Bernhard Pieber <
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> Hi,
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> For my accounting I like to use ScaledDecimal, knowing it is just a fraction with a scale.
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> I just stumbled upon the following:
> 0.1s * 0.5s. "0.0s1"
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> The underlying fraction is correct (1/20). However, the scale is 1, which surprised me. Shouldn't the scale be 2?
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> Maybe... But then what scale to use for division?
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> In VA Smalltalk which I use for accounting as well the multiplication results in 0.05s2, which I had expected. (It prints as 0.05, though.)
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> Fraction>>#asScaledDecimal even has the needed code:
> "Convert the receiver to a ScaledDecimal.
> If there is a finite decimal representation of the receiver, then use the exact number of decimal places required.
> Else, use a default number of decimals."
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> (1/20) asScaledDecimal. "0.05s2"
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> Some other strangeness:
> 3s scale. "0"
> 3 asScaledDecimal scale. "0"
> 3s asScaledDecimal scale. "8"
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> ScaledDecimal>>#asScaledDecimal should probably just return self.
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> +1
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> What do you think?
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> - Bernhard
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