[Edu-sig] RE: Rationals

Kirby Urner urnerk@qwest.net
Fri, 11 Oct 2002 10:45:24 -0700


At 01:15 PM 10/11/2002 -0400, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> > This conflicts with the current redefinition of div such
> > that int/int --> float, meaning code currently being redone
> > to match 2.2 will have to be redone again.
>
>Um, in 2.2, 1/2 is still 0, unless you use python -Qnew. :-)
>
>--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

Yes --- getting ahead of myself.  By "current redefinition" I'm
really talking about the fait accompli:  the __future__ is
inevitable (we are Borg, resistence is futile etc. etc.).

Kirby