[Python-3000] PEP 3101 suggested corrections

[Guido van Rossum]

2007/10/26, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen at xemacs.org>:
> Greg Ewing writes:
>
>  >  > most people expect decimals to have fractional parts).
>  >
>  > Then their expectations require adjustment. "Decimal"
>  > means "base 10". On its own it doesn't imply anything
>  > about fractions.
>
> "Decimal point" notwithstanding, I guess.
>
> Getting "them" to change their expectations is a losing battle.

However, non of the participants in this discussion are "most people"
and I can't recall ever hearing about Python and programming newbies
who had trouble with %d. So that "their" expectations are is a matter
of pure speculation.

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