Let $\chi'_f(G)$ be the fractional chromatic index.
Based on limited experiments (up to 8 vertices and few larger graphs), I suspect:
Conjecture For perfect graphs $\lceil \chi'_f(G) \rceil = \chi'(G)$
Conjecture 2 (new) For cubic claw-free perfect graphs $\lceil \chi'_f(G) \rceil = \chi'(G)$
Conjecture 3 (new) For claw-free perfect graphs $\lceil \chi'_f(G) \rceil = \chi'(G)$
Sage's fractional_chromatic_index()
is not efficient for me,
is there another implementation?
Counterexamples or proof (especially of (2)) are welcome.
Observe that the question is about edge coloring, not for vertex coloring.