I guess most people do, but I don't care for it. If I have an integer, I need to use // to divide, or it gets converted to a float. If I have a Fraction, I need to use /, or it gets converted to an integer. You say, "but // always produces an integer, that's so much easier." But I don't see why there has to be a special operator devoted to integers.

>>> from fractions import Fraction
>>> x = Fraction(22,7)
>>> y = 3
>>> print(x,x/2,x//2)
22/7 11/7 1
>>> print(y,y/2,y//2)
3 1.5 1
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