[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Objects complexobject.c,2.57,2.58 (original) (raw)

Paul Svensson paul@svensson.org
Mon, 15 Apr 2002 11:20:28 -0400 (EDT)

On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Guido van Rossum wrote:

[Tim]

Does it make sense to deprecate divmod() and // for complex numbers while leaving % intact? It doesn't, and I've repaired this. However, I'm wondering what to do after we unify all numeric types (if we ever decide to do that, which isn't clear). At that point, should these operators be allowed as long as the imaginary part is zero?

I wasn't aware that complex numbers were part of the grand unification plan, but of course it makes a lot of sense. It then seems fairly obvious to me that treating a number with zero imaginary part differently than a number with no imaginary part would surprise a lot of people.

+1 on allowing these operators to continue to work on complex numbers with a zero imaginary part.

/Paul