Steven D'Aprano <steve+pyt...@pearwood.info> added the comment:
> the result is different from other languages which is why it can be > surprising. Maybe the other languages should be documenting their surprising result, which fails to preserve the identity? > Do we - add a warning to the [tutorial] page, or should we link to a new page > that details and explains the behavior. Neither. Warnings are for *dangerous or risky behaviour*, this is neither. And we surely don't need an entire new page just to document a minor piece of arithmetic behaviour. The behaviour (although not the rationale for it) is already documented here: https://docs.python.org/3/reference/expressions.html#binary-arithmetic-operations although not here: https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#numeric-types-int-float-complex You could add a note to the table at the second link, and a FAQ next to this: https://docs.python.org/3/faq/programming.html#why-does-22-10-return-3 ---------- nosy: +steven.daprano _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue43737> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
