[Python-Dev] Int literals and method calls

[Bob Ippolito]

On Nov 16, 2004, at 4:00 AM, Greg Ewing wrote:

> Delaney, Timothy C (Timothy) wrote:
>> All this would just go away if in Python 3.0 (or even earlier ;)
> > floats required something after the decimal point i.e. to get
>> '<float 1.0>' you had to type '1.0' and '1.' by itself was a
> > syntax error.
>
> I always write float literals that way anyhow, in the
> interests of clarity. So I wouldn't mind if this
> happened either.
>
> +0

I tend to use integer float literals without the trailing zero from the 
interpreter if I want float division to happen without typing "from 
__future__ import division".  Having to type an additional character 
isn't a problem, though.

+0

-bob