def quotient(x, y, *args, **kwds):
    """
    Return the quotient object x/y, e.g., a quotient of numbers or of a
    polynomial ring x by the ideal generated by y, etc.

    EXAMPLES::

        sage: quotient(5,6)
        5/6
        sage: quotient(5.,6.)
        0.833333333333333
        sage: R.<x> = ZZ[]; R
        Univariate Polynomial Ring in x over Integer Ring
        sage: I = Ideal(R, x^2+1)
        sage: quotient(R, I)
        Univariate Quotient Polynomial Ring in xbar over Integer Ring with modulus x^2 + 1
    """
    try:
        return x.quotient(y, *args, **kwds)
    except AttributeError:
        return x / y