{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sympy/sympy/issues/6716","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sympy/sympy/issues/6716/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sympy/sympy/issues/6716/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sympy/sympy/issues/6716/events","html_url":"https://github.com/sympy/sympy/issues/6716","id":28952509,"number":6716,"title":"Impossible to work with floating point numbers in the geometry module","user":{"login":"asmeurer","id":71486,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/71486?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/asmeurer","html_url":"https://github.com/asmeurer","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/asmeurer/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/asmeurer/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/asmeurer/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/asmeurer/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/asmeurer/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/asmeurer/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/asmeurer/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/asmeurer/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/asmeurer/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sympy/sympy/labels/bug","name":"bug","color":"ededed"},{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sympy/sympy/labels/geometry","name":"geometry","color":"0000FF"},{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sympy/sympy/labels/imported","name":"imported","color":"ededed"},{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sympy/sympy/labels/valid","name":"valid","color":"d4c5f9"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":14,"created_at":"2013-02-06T12:11:36Z","updated_at":"2015-05-30T18:54:36Z","closed_at":null,"body":"```\r\nIn [25]: r = Ray(Point(-2.1, 3.1), Point(3.1, 1.1))\r\n\r\nIn [26]: >>> e2 = Ellipse(Point(3.1, 1.1), hradius=3.1, eccentricity=0.8)\r\n\r\nIn [27]: e2.intersection(r)\r\nOut[27]:\r\n[Point(-260000000*sqrt(1102760755899847)/3308282267699541 + 31/10, 100000000*sqrt(1102760755899847)/3308282267699541 + 11/10), Point(260000000*sqrt(1102760\r\n755899847)/3308282267699541 + 31/10, -100000000*sqrt(1102760755899847)/3308282267699541 + 11/10)]\r\n\r\nNotice how all the floating point numbers were converted to rational somewhere, leading to very big numbers.\r\n```\r\nOriginal issue for #6716: http://code.google.com/p/sympy/issues/detail?id=3617\r\nOriginal author: https://code.google.com/u/asmeurer@gmail.com/\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sympy/sympy/issues/comments/107075592","html_url":"https://github.com/sympy/sympy/issues/6716#issuecomment-107075592","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sympy/sympy/issues/6716","id":107075592,"user":{"login":"gxyd","id":7712241,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7712241?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/gxyd","html_url":"https://github.com/gxyd","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gxyd/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gxyd/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gxyd/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gxyd/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gxyd/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gxyd/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gxyd/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gxyd/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gxyd/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-05-30T18:54:36Z","updated_at":"2015-05-30T18:54:36Z","body":"@toolforger \r\n> as opposed to fractions which are precise but cannot guarantee performance.\r\nYou meant Rationals here instead of fractions. Right ?"}}