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+-- Standard functions on rational numbers
+
+#ifdef HEAD
+module Ratio (
+ Ratio, Rational, (%), numerator, denominator, approxRational ) where
+
+#if STD_PRELUDE
+infixl 7 %
+#endif
+
+import PreludeBuiltin
+#endif /* HEAD */
+#ifdef BODY
+
+data (Integral a) => Ratio a = !a :% !a deriving (Eq)
+type Rational = Ratio BIGNUMTYPE
+
+(%) :: (Integral a) => a -> a -> Ratio a
+numerator, denominator :: (Integral a) => Ratio a -> a
+approxRational :: (RealFrac a) => a -> a -> Rational
+
+
+-- "reduce" is a subsidiary function used only in this module.
+-- It normalises a ratio by dividing both numerator
+-- and denominator by their greatest common divisor.
+--
+-- E.g., 12 `reduce` 8 == 3 :% 2
+-- 12 `reduce` (-8) == 3 :% (-2)
+
+reduce _ 0 = error "Ratio.% : zero denominator"
+reduce x y = (x `quot` d) :% (y `quot` d)
+ where d = gcd x y
+
+x % y = reduce (x * signum y) (abs y)
+
+numerator (x :% _) = x
+
+denominator (_ :% y) = y
+
+
+instance (Integral a) => Ord (Ratio a) where
+ (x:%y) <= (x':%y') = x * y' <= x' * y
+ (x:%y) < (x':%y') = x * y' < x' * y
+
+instance (Integral a) => Num (Ratio a) where
+ (x:%y) + (x':%y') = reduce (x*y' + x'*y) (y*y')
+ (x:%y) * (x':%y') = reduce (x * x') (y * y')
+ negate (x:%y) = (-x) :% y
+ abs (x:%y) = abs x :% y
+ signum (x:%y) = signum x :% 1
+ fromInteger x = fromInteger x :% 1
+
+instance (Integral a) => Real (Ratio a) where
+ toRational (x:%y) = toInteger x :% toInteger y
+
+instance (Integral a) => Fractional (Ratio a) where
+ (x:%y) / (x':%y') = (x*y') % (y*x')
+ recip (x:%y) = if x < 0 then (-y) :% (-x) else y :% x
+ fromRational (x:%y) = fromInteger x :% fromInteger y
+
+instance (Integral a) => RealFrac (Ratio a) where
+ properFraction (x:%y) = (fromIntegral q, r:%y)
+ where (q,r) = quotRem x y
+
+instance (Integral a) => Enum (Ratio a) where
+ enumFrom = numericEnumFrom
+ enumFromThen = numericEnumFromThen
+ enumFromTo = numericEnumFromTo
+ enumFromThenTo = numericEnumFromThenTo
+ toEnum = fromInteger . toInteger
+ fromEnum n = error "Ratio.fromEnum: can't use\
+ \ fromEnum with Ratio"
+
+instance (Read a, Integral a) => Read (Ratio a) where
+ readsPrec p = readParen (p > 7)
+ (\r -> [(x%y,u) | (x,s) <- reads r,
+ ("%",t) <- lex s,
+ (y,u) <- reads t ])
+
+instance (Integral a) => Show (Ratio a) where
+ showsPrec p (x:%y) = showParen (p > 7)
+ (shows x . showString " % " . shows y)
+
+
+
+approxRational x eps = simplest (x-eps) (x+eps)
+ where simplest x y | y < x = simplest y x
+ | x == y = xr
+ | x > 0 = simplest' n d n' d'
+ | y < 0 = - simplest' (-n') d' (-n) d
+ | otherwise = 0 :% 1
+ where xr@(n:%d) = toRational x
+ (n':%d') = toRational y
+
+ simplest' n d n' d' -- assumes 0 < n%d < n'%d'
+ | r == 0 = q :% 1
+ | q /= q' = (q+1) :% 1
+ | otherwise = (q*n''+d'') :% n''
+ where (q,r) = quotRem n d
+ (q',r') = quotRem n' d'
+ (n'':%d'') = simplest' d' r' d r
+
+#endif /* BODY */