J. Cliff Dyer wrote: > On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 13:51 -0500, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote: >> On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:39:38 -0500 >> "J. Cliff Dyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>> a = 20000 * 20000 >>>>>> b = 200000 * 200000 >>>>>> type(a) >>> <type 'int'> >>>>>> type(b) >>> <type 'long'> >> A long int is still integral which is the crux of the issue. >> > > So do you believe that you should not be able to do natural division > without explicitly casting ints as floats, or is your concern just that > you want to still be able to to integer division simply?
I think the issue is whether this qualifies as "natural" division in the first place. (For the record, I'm only semi-old-school.) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
