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  r71832 | mark.dickinson | 2009-04-24 14:56:07 +0100 (Fri, 24 Apr 2009) | 3 lines

  Issue #5812: The two-argument form of the Fraction constructor
  now accepts arbitrary Rational instances.
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+- Issue #5812: For the two-argument form of the Fraction constructor,
+  Fraction(m, n), m and n are permitted to be arbitrary Rational
+  instances.
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 - Issue #5812: Fraction('1e6') is valid: more generally, any string
   that's valid for float() is now valid for Fraction(), with the
   exception of strings representing NaNs and infinities.