Python: avoiding fraction simplification

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Published on 2010-05-19T06:15:27Z Indexed on 2010/05/19 6:20 UTC
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Hi all,

I'm working on a music app' in Python and would like to use the fractions module to handle time signatures amongst other things. My problem is that fractions get simplified, i.e.:

>>> from fractions import Fraction
>>> x = Fraction(4, 4)
>>> x
Fraction(1, 1)

However, it is important from a musical point of view that 4/4 stays 4/4 even though it equals 1. Is there any built-in way to avoid that behaviour?

Thanks!

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