pythongh-119838: Treat Fraction as a real value in mixed arithmetic operations with complex (pythonGH-119839)

Author: serhiy-storchaka

Lib/fractions.py

@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ def forward(a, b):
             elif isinstance(b, float):
                 return fallback_operator(float(a), b)
             elif handle_complex and isinstance(b, complex):
-                return fallback_operator(complex(a), b)
+                return fallback_operator(float(a), b)
             else:
                 return NotImplemented
         forward.__name__ = '__' + fallback_operator.__name__ + '__'
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ def reverse(b, a):
             elif isinstance(a, numbers.Real):
                 return fallback_operator(float(a), float(b))
             elif handle_complex and isinstance(a, numbers.Complex):
-                return fallback_operator(complex(a), complex(b))
+                return fallback_operator(complex(a), float(b))
             else:
                 return NotImplemented
         reverse.__name__ = '__r' + fallback_operator.__name__ + '__'

Lib/test/test_fractions.py

@@ -806,10 +806,7 @@ def testMixedMultiplication(self):
         self.assertTypedEquals(F(3, 2) * Polar(4, 2), Polar(F(6, 1), 2))
         self.assertTypedEquals(F(3, 2) * Polar(4.0, 2), Polar(6.0, 2))
         self.assertTypedEquals(F(3, 2) * Rect(4, 3), Rect(F(6, 1), F(9, 2)))
-        with self.assertWarnsRegex(DeprecationWarning,
-                "argument 'real' must be a real number, not complex"):
-            self.assertTypedEquals(F(3, 2) * RectComplex(4, 3),
-                                   RectComplex(6.0+0j, 4.5+0j))
+        self.assertTypedEquals(F(3, 2) * RectComplex(4, 3), RectComplex(6.0, 4.5))
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, operator.mul, Polar(4, 2), F(3, 2))
         self.assertTypedEquals(Rect(4, 3) * F(3, 2), 6.0 + 4.5j)
         self.assertEqual(F(3, 2) * SymbolicComplex('X'), SymbolicComplex('3/2 * X'))

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-05-31-13-56-21.gh-issue-119838.H6XHlE.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+In mixed arithmetic operations with :class:`~fractions.Fraction` and
+complex, the fraction is now converted to :class:`float` instead of
+:class:`complex`.