On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 12:08 PM, sebb<seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 02/09/2009, Henrib <hbies...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> As part of JEXL-87 (which relates to JEXL-65), the / operator now does >> integer divisions on integers (big or small); in other words, it behaves the >> same way the other operators do. >> >> This is the common behavior in several languages (Java, ECMAScript, C, C++) >> and the workaround if you need decimal precision is 4 characters away: 'x / >> y' becomes 'x*1.0 / y' >> Given the targeted (known) usages of JEXL, it seems preferable to behave as >> commonly expected rather than introducing another operator dedicated to >> integer division. > > Agreed, now that integers are no longer promoted to double, the "/" > and "div" commands are fine for integer division. > >> Any strong votes against this modification ? > > OK by me. > > So long as we document the changes to how numbers are promoted. > <snip/>
Sounds good, and yes, please document and make a notable mention in RELEASE-NOTES.txt [1] etc. (would be good for all of us to get in the habit of updating release notes as notable changes are made -- especially ones that alter behavior). -Rahul [1] http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/jexl/branches/2.0/RELEASE-NOTES.txt --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
