From 9ea2aa4c1726dd218404c25e6ca2d501b5b9aa47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PB <129307305+pb21314@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:40:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Set denominator 1

Change default denominator from None to 1 in __new__ method
---
 Lib/fractions.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Lib/fractions.py b/Lib/fractions.py
index c1b12e7a1c091c..a4bcb825017c49 100644
--- a/Lib/fractions.py
+++ b/Lib/fractions.py
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ class Fraction(numbers.Rational):
     __slots__ = ('_numerator', '_denominator')
 
     # We're immutable, so use __new__ not __init__
-    def __new__(cls, numerator=0, denominator=None):
+    def __new__(cls, numerator=0, denominator=1):
         """Constructs a Rational.
 
         Takes a string like '3/2' or '1.5', another Rational instance, a