On Mar 17, 7:26 pm, "Terry Reedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Ninereeds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > | Is the PEP238 change to division going into Python 3 as planned? > > IDLE 3.0a3>>> 1/2 > > 0.5 > > | I realise that the new integer division semantics have been available > | in "from __future__" for quite a few years now, but a warning might be > | appropriate now that Python 3 is in alpha. > > 2.6, I have read, have optional 'Py3' warnings, and a 2to3 conversion > program
The tools can work out the *intent* of any particular division operator? Can work out whether the result should be integer or float, independent of any particular set of arguments? Seems unlikely. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list