[Python-Dev] Integer division operator can give float result? (original) (raw)
Fred L. Drake, Jr. fdrake at acm.org
Wed Feb 28 05:30:40 CET 2007
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On Tuesday 27 February 2007 22:34, Greg Ewing wrote:
Is this intentional? I would have expected the // operator to always give an integer result.
Think "floor division", not "integer division". The result (r) may be a float, but it'll hold to the constraint:
r == int(r)-Fred
-- Fred L. Drake, Jr.
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