J. Cliff Dyer wrote: > On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 04:29 -0800, Lie wrote: >>> J Cliff Dyer: >>> I'm in the camp that believes that 3/4 does indeed yield the integer >> 0, >>> but should be spelled 3//4 when that is the intention. >> That's creepy for people that are new to programming and doesn't know >> how CPUs work and are used to general mathematics. That means most >> people. As programming language are now more accessible to regular >> people without specialized Computer Science degree, it is a just >> natural trend that computer arithmetic must be done in an expectable >> manner as seen by those general population not by people who holds a >> CS degree. > > Of course. That's why I think you ought to spell it 3//4. Nobody gets > confused when a strange operator that they've never seen before does > something unusual. Average Jo off the street looks at python code and > sees 3/4, and immediately thinks "aha! .75!" Show the same person 3//4, > and she'll think, "A double slash? I'd better check the > documentation--or better yet, play with it a little in the interactive > interpreter."
Or Jo thinks // is a typo, and helpfully "fixes" it. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
