[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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