[Python-Dev] trunc()

[Guido van Rossum]

On Jan 27, 2008 10:54 AM, Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com> wrote:
> > Then int(<float>) can be defined by deferring to trunc()
> > -- as opposed to round().
>
> That part is new and represents some progress.  If I understand it
> correctly, it means that we won't have both __int__ and __trunc__
> magic methods.  That's a good thing.

A single type wouln't need both. But int() should still try both,
because it doesn't make sense for e.g. a date type to have to define
__trunc__ for conversion to an int.

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