New submission from Izaak Weiss: The floor division operator in Python 3 `x//y` acts differently than the floor of the division operator `math.floor(x/y)` in some edge cases due to floating point errors.
Consider `44//4.4` and `math.floor(44/4.4)`. These two expressions should, with infinite precision, evaluate to the same number. However, in practice `44//4.4` evaluates to `9.0`, but `math.floor(44/4.4)` evaluates to `10.0`. This should either be changed, or made clear in the documentation that the two may not be equal due to floating point errors. ---------- messages: 269945 nosy: izaakweiss priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Floor division is not the same as the floor of division type: behavior versions: Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 3.4, Python 3.5, Python 3.6 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue27463> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
