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[Python-Dev] Vacation and possibly a new bug

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Guido van Rossum wrote:

>>And why does ``t = (time((time_t *)0) / YEAR) * YEAR;`` on line 608 have 
>>to divide by YEAR and then multiply by YEAR?  Shouldn't those cancel out?
> 
> 
> I guess it should have used // instead of /.  (X//Y)*Y is a standard
> way to round X down to a whole multiple of Y, and I presume that's
> what the code here does.
> 

Didn't know C had a flooring divide operator.  Good to know.

-Brett

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