New submission from Anthony Flury <anthony.fl...@btinternet.com>:
The behavior of a%b when a is positive and b is negative can be suprising. I understand that the behavior is so that the identity a = (a//b)*b + a%b can be preserved regardless of the signs of a or b. but the result is different from other languages which is why it can be surprising. I would be happy to do the grunt work to make the changes if some can suggest where. Do we - add a warning to the https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/introduction.html#numbers page, or should we link to a new page that details and explains the behavior. Which is more 'pythonic' in terms of documentation ? ---------- messages: 390264 nosy: anthony-flury priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Documentation of modulo operator should document behaviour clearly when second operator is negative _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue43737> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
