D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:55:22 -0500
> "J. Cliff Dyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 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,
>
> Why do we care what A. Jo thinks? I would hope that A. Programmer Jo
> would see "int {OP} int" and assume int result. A. Jo isn't going to be
> debugging anything.
>
> If 3/4 ever returned 0.75 in any language I would drop that language.
>
Prepare to drop Python then, as this will be the default behavior in 3.x
regards
Steve
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