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[Python-Dev] re: division

[Python-Dev] re: divisionGuido van Rossum guido@python.org
Tue, 04 Apr 2000 11:43:49 -0400
> Random thought (hopefully more sensible than my last one):
> 
> Would it make sense in P3K to keep using '/' for CS-style division
> (int/int -> rounded-down-int), and to introduce 'ö' for math-style
> division (intöint -> float-when-necessary)?

Careful with your character sets there...  The symbol you typed looks
like a lowercase o with dieresis to me. :-(

Assuming you're proposing something like this:

   .
  ---
   .

I'm not so sure that choosing a non-ASCII symbol is going to work.
For starters, it's on very few keyboards, and that won't change soon!

In the past we've talked about using // for integer division and / for
regular (int/int->float) division.  This would mean that we have to
introduce // now as an alias for /, and encourage people to use it for
int division (only); then in 1.7 using / between ints will issue a
compatibility warning, and in Py3K int/int will yield a float.

It's still going to be painful, though.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)



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