Does `mod` depend on `div`? I'm guessing that's what's going on. From Wikipedia's "Modulo operation" entry:
"Although typically performed with a and n both being integers, many computing systems now allow other types of numeric operands." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modulo_operation Best, Bill. On Sat, Dec 18, 2021 at 7:25 AM Sean McAfee <eef...@gmail.com> wrote: > > While coding today, I was a little surprised to discover that the div > operator doesn't coerce its arguments to integers. So for example, the > expressions 25 div '5' and pi div 5 raise errors. I checked the Operators > doc page and saw that, sure enough, div (and mod, I found) accept only actual > Ints. Of all numeric operators at the multiplicative and additive levels of > precedence, they're alone in that respect. > > Is there a particular reason these two operators are so restrictive?
