J. Cliff Dyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Bryan Olson wrote: >> Not true. Here it is again: >> >> When integers are divided, the result of the / operator is >> the algebraic quotient with any fractional part discarded.(87) >> If the quotient a/b is representable, the expression >> (a/b)*b + a%b shall equal a. >> [...] >> 87) This is often called 'truncation toward zero' >> >> [International Standard ISO/IEC 9899:1999, Section 6.5.5 >> Multiplicative operators, Paragraph 6 and footnote 87]
> But C was around for a long time before the 1999 standard. C89, > commonly called ANSI C, is still very commonly used in compilers, and > K&R C goes back to 1972. Is truncation toward 0 the standard for K&R C > as well? As I remember, the behaviour for negative 'a' wasn't specified in K&R C or in C89; the rule was tightened up for C99. -M- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
