[Numpy-discussion] Re: numpy, overflow, inf, ieee, and rich , comparison

[Rainer Deyke]

"Paul Prescod" <paulp at ActiveState.com> wrote in message
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> In either case you are in control. If Guido changes the default to be
> float division you can get integer division by wrapping the result in a
> floor().

When you are using long integers, the result of floor could be missing
significant digits.

Floating points should not be part of the core language.  The correct way to
implement floating points is in terms of integers, preferable within the
language (as opposed to a C extension).  I can live with rationals, but for
performance reasons I want a way to do pure integer division in the
language, just like I want to keep non-long integers.


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