The REALLY bad thing about Python lists ..

[Ivan Van Laningham]

Hi All--

Russell Wallace wrote:
> 
> Glyph Lefkowitz wrote:
> >
> > "Tim Peters" <tim_one at email.msn.com> writes:
> > > ISO/ANSI C doesn't fully define what happens when (roughly) integer division
> > > or % are handed negative numbers.
> >
> > The foibles of standards commitees will never cease to amuse me.
> > Thank you for this little tidbit.
> 
> Don't blame the C committee, blame the CPU manufacturers.  C doesn't
> define the result because CPUs aren't consistent about what result they
> give.
> 
> (Under what circumstances would you want to use % on negative numbers?
> I can't think of any.)
> 

Calendrical mathematics often has a use for negative modulo.  However,
it's an easy matter to check the inputs and set the sign on the answer.
...

<zero-minus-one>-ly y'rs,
Ivan
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