[Python-Dev] trunc()

[Raymond Hettinger]

[Terry Reedy]
> For one data point, I asked my bright 13-year-old for the 'integer part' of 
> 3.1, 3.9, -3.1, and -3.9 and got the expected 3,3,-3,-3 (as with int()). 
> But asking 'truncate' the same numbers or even 'truncate toward zero' got a 
> blank stare, which did not surprise me too much as it is not a common 
> (American) English word.


Even to adults, the word has other meanings:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truncation_%28disambiguation%29


Raymond