On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Paul D. Anderson<paul.d.removethis.ander...@comcast.andthis.net> wrote: > I was browsing the Python spec yesterday and came across this interesting and > useful syntax: > > "/" (one slash) means floating point division, e.g. 5/2 = 2.5 even though 5 > and 2 are integers > > "//" (two slashes) means integer (floor) division, e.g. 5.0//2.0 = 2.0 even > though 5.0 and 2.0 are floats. > > I've always been a little troubled by the standard division operator being > dependent on the types of the operands. (I understand the need for it, I just > didn't like it much.) Now here is an elegant (IMHO) solution. > > It seems to me that this could be added to D with very little effort and > would add a feature to the language.
*snort* Nevermind breaking *all comments ever written*. Yes, it would add a feature to the language. Lots of things would. Thanks for stating the obvious. > Oh wait...I think "//" is used elsewhere. Well, we could still use it but > mark it as a breaking change. Then users could simply remove all previous > uses of "//" from their code. If they REALLY need to retain the old "//" > functionality we could replace it with a new symbol. How about "--", like > Ada? Oh wait... It's at this point I really think you're joking.
