Bugs item #1209411, was opened at 2005-05-26 14:47 Message generated for change (Settings changed) made by rhettinger You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1209411&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Documentation Group: None >Status: Closed >Resolution: Fixed Priority: 5 Submitted By: Alan (aisaac0) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: divmod documentation shd reference // not / Initial Comment: At http://docs.python.org/lib/typesnumeric.html we find: divmod(x, y) the pair (x / y, x % y) (3)(4) This should be: divmod(x, y) the pair (x // y, x % y) (3)(4) At http://docs.python.org/lib/built-in-funcs.html#built-in-funcs we find: divmod( a, b) .... For plain and long integers, the result is the same as (a / b, a % b). This should be: .... For plain and long integers, the result is the same as (a // b, a % b). Alternatively there could be a reference to "from __future__ import division" but the proposed change is cleaner and will last. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger) Date: 2005-05-31 06:04 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=80475 Fixed. Thanks for the report. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Reinhold Birkenfeld (birkenfeld) Date: 2005-05-31 05:27 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1188172 Agreed. This should be changed in the documentation before it becomes wrong in Py3k ;) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1209411&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
