Numerics

GEB uses different numbers representing various levels of precision.
Type
Precision
Wad
1E-18
Ray
1E-27
Rad
1E-45
You can import them from pyflex:
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>>> from pyflex.numeric import Wad, Ray, Rad
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Converting Wad, Ray, Rad to a str shows the numbers in a friendly format:
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>>> Wad.from_number(1.2)
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Wad(1200000000000000000)
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>>> str(Wad.from_number(1.2))
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'1.200000000000000000'
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Constructors will add a specific precision to a number  eg. Wad(1) is not equal to 1 but to 10^18.
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>>> Wad(10) == Wad.from_number(10)
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False
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>>> Wad(10) == Wad.from_number(10 * 1E-18)
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True
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Operations: Addition, Subtraction, Division
Wad, Ray, and Rad can only perform addition, subtraction and division with another Wad, Ray, or Rad
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>>> Rad(10) + Wad(10)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
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  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
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  File "/Users/georgekellerman/reflexer/pyflex/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pyflex/numeric.py", line 320, in __add__
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    raise ArithmeticError
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ArithmeticError
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>>> Ray(10) - Ray(5)
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Ray(5)
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>>> Rad(10) / Rad.from_number(2)
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Rad(5)
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>>> 
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Operations: Multiplication
Wad, Ray, and Rad  can be multiplied by any Wad, Ray, and Rad  and int.
The result is the type of the first number:
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>>> x = Wad.from_number(1.2) * Rad.from_number(1)
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>>> type(x)
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<class 'pyflex.numeric.Wad'>
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>>> y = Rad.from_number(1) * Wad.from_number(1.2)
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>>> type(y)
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<class 'pyflex.numeric.Rad'>
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Conversion
Wad, Ray, and Rad all accept Wad, Ray, and Rad in the constructors. This is the canonical way to convert  numbers:
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>>> Rad(Wad(10))
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Rad(10000000000000000000000000000)
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During conversion (Rad to Ray/Wad or Ray to Wad) you may lose precision!
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>>> Wad(Rad(10))
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Wad(0)
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>>> Ray(Rad(20))
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Ray(0)
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