<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> not actively encouraged. The tutorial, which is maintained >> and updated, still describes old style classes, and the >> old division behaviour.
Perhaps the tutorials needs updating. > My main point was/is: why is there not more discussion about "true > division" !!? It was discussed to death a few years ago with probably 100s of posts. > As you pointed out: the "true division" part of "Python3000" might be > one of the "scariest" and should therefore be pointed out already in > the tutorial !! (It would look quite ugly to newcomers, though) The tutorial should say to use // for int (floor) division. There is nothing scary about / or the future change of int/int if you only use / for float division. > Having said that: I would vote against EVER introducing true division > as default - because it will just PISS too many (long time python) > people OFF. ;-) The decision was made years ago. The rationale is summarized in http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0238.html In a sense, Python 3.0 is actively under development. New features have, are, and will be added to 2.X as they are developed. Currently envisioned changes and deletions are listed in http://www.python.org/peps/pep-3000.html I believe Guido's new job at Google gives him more time to work on Python development than previously. So I think we will see 3.0 sooner than might have been envisioned just a few months ago. Terry J. Reedy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
