Bugs item #1197806, was opened at 2005-05-08 20:35 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by mwh You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1197806&group_id=5470
Category: Python Interpreter Core Group: Python 2.4 >Status: Closed >Resolution: Invalid Priority: 5 Submitted By: Jonathan (nathanoj) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: % gives wrong results Initial Comment: when playing with % i got 5 % -3 = -1 This occured on the windows python 2.3 build, and a python 2.4.1 build on a linux pc (with gcc 3.3.5) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Michael Hudson (mwh) Date: 2005-05-08 21:08 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=6656 Why do you think this is a bug? On http://docs.python.org/ref/binary.html we find: The modulo operator always yields a result with the same sign as its second operand (or zero); the absolute value of the result is strictly smaller than the absolute value of the second operand. Closing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1197806&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
