Nasty typo in PEP 238 (revised)

[Andrew Koenig]

David> In article <yu99n15qdzs7.fsf at europa.research.att.com>,
David>  Andrew Koenig <ark at research.att.com> wrote:

>> >> A. Use x*1.0/y for true division, divmod(x, y)[0] for int
>> >> division.  Especially the latter is best hidden inside a
>> >> function.  You may also write floor(x)/y for true division if
>> >> you are sure that you don't expect complex numbers.
>> 
David> Shouldn't this be float(x)/y ?

>> What if x is complex?

David> Did you read the last line?

Evidently not. :-)

What I saw was float(x)/y and thought it was being suggested as an
alternative for x*1.0/y without reading the whole context.  Sorry about that.

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Andrew Koenig, ark at research.att.com, http://www.research.att.com/info/ark