In message <mailman.168.1287872943.2218.python-l...@python.org>, geremy condra wrote:
> ... dividing strings by a number doesn't make sense. The logical meaning would be the opposite of multiplying strings by a number: >>> "abc" * 3 'abcabcabc' >>> "abcabcabc" // 3 'abc' >>> "abcabcabc" // "abc" 3 >>> "abcabcabd" // 3 (at this point I would accept a ValueError) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list