Tim Peters wrote: > [Brett] > >>>>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? > > > [Guido] > >>>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. > > > [Brett] > >>Didn't know C had a flooring divide operator. Good to know. > > > It doesn't. If Guido were still my boss, I'd say he was pulling your leg. > But since he left us, I'll just diplomatically say he's an idiot <wink>. > =) But he is still your BDFL so be careful how to tread, Tim. =) > If dividend and divisor are both positive and integer, C's / is flooring > division. > That's what I figured. Although isn't that assuming time_t is an int or long or something? But the entire chunk of code seems to assuming that so what is one more spot of code. =) -brett
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