Jan. 27, 2008
6:54 p.m.
On Jan 27, 2008 10:54 AM, Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> wrote:
Then int(<float>) can be defined by deferring to trunc() -- as opposed to round().
That part is new and represents some progress. If I understand it correctly, it means that we won't have both __int__ and __trunc__ magic methods. That's a good thing.
A single type wouln't need both. But int() should still try both, because it doesn't make sense for e.g. a date type to have to define __trunc__ for conversion to an int. -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)