On Saturday, 11 August 2012 at 18:54:09 UTC, Thiez wrote:
A few extra instructions (a CMOV followed by ADD should
suffice, yes?) seems like a small price to pay if it can
prevent bugs. Why hasn't the Python-modulo been made the
default back when D was designed? The ever-so-slightly more
efficient C-modulo could be provided in a library. Of course
it's way too late to change it now...
According to TDPL regarding integral math: "Anything that
compiles in both C and D WILL produce the same results".
Anything less would make porting code a nightmare.
=>It is absolutely not conceivable to change "%" semantics'.
However, D *could* provide the "Mathematician's Modulo" operator,
either as a library functionality, or as a new operator.
I guess there hasn't been "a strong need" yet.
