PEP238 and zope

[David Eppstein]

In article <mailman.996013122.28143.python-list at python.org>,
 barry at zope.com (Barry A. Warsaw) wrote:

> >>> must_be_int = 1 / 2
> >>> must_be_int
> 0
> >>> must_be_int = int(1.0 / 2.0)
> >>> must_be_int
> 0

And this addresses the problem of long->float inaccuracies how?
Seems like must_be_int = divmod(1,2)[0] is safer (if way uglier).
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David Eppstein       UC Irvine Dept. of Information & Computer Science
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