On Jan 18, 1:20 am, Simon King <simon.k...@uni-jena.de> wrote: > On the other hand, eventually we will have Python 3.*, and thus why > should I not get used to write int(i/j) instead of i/j, for `int`s i > and j?
Because it can give the wrong answer :-). In Python 3: >>> int(10**40/10**10) 1000000000000000019884624838656 Python 3's division for integers is quite unsuitable for a computer algebra system. In a way, the 2.* division at least has the advantage it was an operation that has a proper mathematical definition. In python 3 it can even fail: >>> int(10**1000/10**10) OverflowError: int/int too large for a float -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
