[issue18267] xmlrpc.client documentation multicall example missleading for division behaviour of python3

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 38d341ef28b3 by Ezio Melotti in branch '3.3': #18267: make whitespace consistent and fix an operator. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/38d341ef28b3 New changeset 9875410ed390 by Ezio Melotti in branch 'default': #18267: merge with 3.3. http://hg.pyt

[issue18267] xmlrpc.client documentation multicall example missleading for division behaviour of python3

Ezio Melotti added the comment: Fixed, thanks for the report! -- assignee: docs@python -> ezio.melotti nosy: +ezio.melotti resolution: -> fixed status: open -> closed type: -> enhancement versions: -Python 3.1, Python 3.2 ___ Python tracker

[issue18267] xmlrpc.client documentation multicall example missleading for division behaviour of python3

Bernhard Reiter added the comment: Andrew, thanks for caring! Seeing your fix 2a3bc6eb2e13 I believe it does not fully resolv the issue. Now the code reads "return x // y" "multicall.divide(7,3)" and the client prints "7/3=2" I think you probably should change "7/3=" to "7//3=" in the clien

[issue18267] xmlrpc.client documentation multicall example missleading for division behaviour of python3

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 2a3bc6eb2e13 by Andrew Kuchling in branch '3.3': Closes #18267: use floor division in code example http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/2a3bc6eb2e13 -- nosy: +python-dev resolution: -> fixed stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed

[issue18267] xmlrpc.client documentation multicall example missleading for division behaviour of python3

New submission from Bernhard Reiter: http://docs.python.org/3.4/library/xmlrpc.client.html as of 2013-06-19 20:35 UTC has a divide example and the output can misslead the learning reader towards the new behaviour of python3 with the '/' binary operator for division. server code: def divide(x,