Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettin...@gmail.com> added the comment:
> As a pure mathematician, to me 1.0 means a number that is > close to 1. Whereas 1 means a number that is exactly 1. Descriptive statistics performed on a computer using actual measurements is pretty far from "pure mathematics" ;-) Making this change is likely pointless for most users and likely confusing for others (i.e. why the type switch between median([1, 1]) and median([1, 3]). I concur with Victor and recommend closing. ---------- assignee: -> steven.daprano nosy: +rhettinger _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue35698> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com