[Python-Dev] trunc()

[Antoine Pitrou]

Hello,

> Two points. Firstly, regarding MySQL as authoritative from a standards 
> point of view is bound to lead to trouble, since they have always played 
> fast and loose with the standard for reasons (I suspect) of 
> implementation convenience.

To that I heartily agree. I was just pointing out that implicit conversion
of float to int did not always use the moral equivalent of trunc() under
all programming platforms. That said, I don't think it's that important,
it's just something you have to learn.

Regards

Antoine.