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[Rust] Lossless fractions and decimals; drop-in float replacement

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# Fraction

Lossless fractions and decimals for Rust; an aspirational drop-in replacement for floating-point types.

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## Overview

`fraction` provides:

- `Fraction`, a rational type designed for float-like arithmetic with exact values
- `Decimal`, a lossless decimal representation with explicit precision
- `DynaInt`, a dynamically growing integer for checked maths
- hashable and orderable fractions, including deterministic ordering for `NaN`
- PostgreSQL, Juniper, Serde, Unicode, and approximate maths support via features

## Install

```toml
[dependencies]
fraction = "0.16.0"
```

Enable optional integrations explicitly:

```toml
[dependencies]
fraction = { version = "0.16.0", features = ["with-postgres-support", "with-serde-support"] }
```

## Features

The `default` feature set enables the features marked **Yes** below.

| Feature                 | Default? | Overview                                                                                                             |
|-------------------------|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `with-bigint`           | Yes      | Adds `num::BigInt`/`BigUint` support, re-exports those types, and enables aliases such as `BigFraction`.             |
| `with-decimal`          | Yes      | Adds `GenericDecimal` and decimal aliases such as `Decimal`, with precision retained for formatting and comparison.  |
| `with-dynaint`          | Yes      | Adds `DynaInt`, which keeps small integers inline and promotes them to a larger backing type on overflow.            |
| `with-approx`           | No       | Enables `with-bigint` and adds accuracy-controlled square-root helpers for fractions and, when enabled, decimals.    |
| `with-juniper-support`  | No       | Adds Juniper GraphQL scalar, input, and output implementations for the enabled fraction and decimal types.           |
| `with-postgres-support` | No       | Adds PostgreSQL `NUMERIC` `ToSql`/`FromSql` conversions for the enabled fraction and decimal types.                  |
| `with-serde-support`    | No       | Adds Serde `Serialize`/`Deserialize` implementations for enabled fraction, decimal, sign, and dynamic-integer types. |
| `with-unicode`          | No       | Adds Unicode fraction formatting and parsing helpers for `GenericFraction`.                                          |

MSRV note: Rust 1.70 is the declared minimum and is CI-tested for the `with-bigint`/`with-approx` surface exercised by
the MSRV smoke harness. Latest stable is tested with all features enabled. Optional integration dependency graphs,
including `with-juniper-support` and `with-postgres-support`, may require a newer compiler under fresh dependency
resolution.

Unlike primitive floats, `Fraction` treats `NaN` as equal to itself and orders it below negative infinity. That makes
fractions usable in sets, hash maps, and B-trees.

## Examples

### Fraction

```rust
use std::str::FromStr;
use fraction::{Fraction, One, Zero, Sign};

let f = Fraction::new(1u8, 2u8);
assert_eq!(f, Fraction::new_generic(Sign::Plus, 1i32, 2u8).unwrap());
assert_eq!(f, Fraction::from(0.5));
assert_eq!(f, Fraction::from_str("0.5").unwrap());
assert_eq!(f, Fraction::from_str("1/2").unwrap());
assert_eq!(Fraction::from_str("1/0").unwrap(), Fraction::infinity());
assert_eq!(Fraction::from_str("-1/0").unwrap(), Fraction::neg_infinity());
assert_eq!(Fraction::from_str("0/0").unwrap(), Fraction::nan());
assert_eq!(f * 2, Fraction::one());
assert_eq!(f - f, Fraction::zero());
```

### Decimal

```rust
use std::str::FromStr;
use fraction::{Decimal, Fraction};

let d = Decimal::from(1);
assert_eq!(d, Decimal::from_fraction(Fraction::from(1)));

let d = Decimal::from(1.3);
assert_eq!(d, Decimal::from_str("1.3").unwrap());

let d = Decimal::from(0.5);
// Decimal fraction notation uses the same zero-denominator mapping as `Fraction::from_str`.
assert_eq!(d, Decimal::from_str("1/2").unwrap());
assert_eq!(Decimal::from_str("1/0").unwrap(), Decimal::infinity());
assert_eq!(Decimal::from_str("-1/0").unwrap(), Decimal::neg_infinity());
assert_eq!(Decimal::from_str("0/0").unwrap(), Decimal::nan());

let one_third = Fraction::new(1u8, 3u8);
assert_eq!(
    Decimal::from_fraction_with_precision(one_third, 4).to_string(),
    "0.3333"
);

let lhs = Decimal::from(0.5) / Decimal::from(0.3); // 5/3, precision 1
let rhs = Decimal::from_str("1.6").unwrap(); // 8/5, precision 1
assert_eq!(lhs, rhs);
assert_eq!(lhs.partial_cmp(&rhs), Some(std::cmp::Ordering::Equal));
```

Decimals compare by truncating fractional digits to each value’s own precision.
Trailing zeroes are ignored, `p0` drops all fractional digits, and canonical zero values
such as `-0`, `-0.9@p0`, and `-0.04@p1` compare and hash as positive zero.

### Formatting

```rust
type F = fraction::Fraction;

let result = F::from(0.7) / F::from(0.4);
assert_eq!(format!("{}", result), "7/4");
assert_eq!(format!("{:.2}", result), "1.75");
assert_eq!(format!("{:#.3}", result), "1.750");
```

### Unicode

When `with-unicode` is enabled, Unicode display helpers are available.

```rust
#[cfg(feature = "with-unicode")]
{
    type F = fraction::Fraction;

let res = F::from(0.7) / F::from(0.4);
    assert_eq!("7⁄4", format!("{}", res.get_unicode_display()));
    assert_eq!("⁷/₄", format!("{}", res.get_unicode_display().supsub()));
}
```

## PostgreSQL notes

Use `Decimal` rather than `Fraction` for PostgreSQL work where possible. PostgreSQL’s binary protocol uses `i16`, so the
base type for `GenericFraction` or `GenericDecimal` should be at least `u16`.

For very large or repeating values such as `1/3` or `1/7`, `Fraction` can grow to 16383 digits after the decimal point,
which is slower than an explicitly precision-bound `Decimal`. If you need dynamic growth, `DynaInt<u8, _>` or
`DynaInt<usize, BigUint>` can help.

Infinity values round-trip using PostgreSQL numeric infinity markers from PostgreSQL 14+ (`0xD000` and `0xF000`).
Older PostgreSQL versions do not support these values, and constrained `NUMERIC` columns (with declared
precision/scale limits) reject infinity as out of range.

## Documentation

- [crate docs on docs.rs](https://docs.rs/fraction/)
- [changelog](CHANGELOG.md)

## Licence

Licensed under either of:

- [MIT](LICENSE-MIT)
- [Apache License, Version 2.0](LICENSE-APACHE)

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