[Python-Dev] trunc()

[Steve Holden]

Terry Reedy wrote:
> "Guido van Rossum" <guido at python.org> wrote in message 
> news:ca471dc20801251132j7a758bc5uc076e859dd9f84b0 at mail.gmail.com...
> | Does no-one thinks it means round(f) either?
> 
> Not me.  Int should truncate, so trunc() not needed unless is does 
> something different.
> 
Like returning a value of the same type as the input? int(), being a 
call to a type, should never return a value of another type.

regards
  Steve
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