[pydotorg-www] Typos on https://wiki.python.org/moin/BitwiseOperators
Mats Wichmann
mats at wichmann.us
Sun Nov 24 12:36:26 EST 2024
On 11/24/24 05:25, 219.70 via pydotorg-www wrote:
> Good day! I am writing to inform you of a few typos on the Bitwise
> Operators (https://wiki.python.org/moin/BitwiseOperators <https://
> wiki.python.org/moin/BitwiseOperators>) webpage of the Python wiki. I
> don't consider them that important to go through the process of making
> and verifying an account as an editor, since I won't be an active user,
> but I believe they should be corrected nonetheless, as the webpage is
> referenced in the book /Think Python /by Allen Downey.
>
>
> 0) "A two's complement binary is /*THE*/ same as the classical binary
> representation for /*POSITIVE*/ integers but is slightly different for
> negative numbers."
>
> 1) Several instances of "two's complement" or "two's-complement" written
> as "twos-complement".
>
> 2) "This is the same as //'ing x by 2**y" - // could be rewritten as
> "floor division"/"dividing to the nearest lower integer".
>
>
> Thanks in advance and have a nice rest of the day! :D
Thanks for the note. Usually we'd offer you the opportunity to
volunteer ( :-) ) to fix them, but since you seem to be pre-declining,
I'll take a pass at that page.
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