Nasty typo in PEP 238 (revised)

[Tom Jenkins]

David Eppstein wrote:

> In article <cp4rrz5onj.fsf at cj20424-a.reston1.va.home.com>,
>  Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> 
> 
>>    Q. How do I write code that works under the classic rules as well
>>       as under the new rules without using // or a future division
>>       statement?
>>
>>    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.
>>
> 
> 
> Shouldn't this be float(x)/y ?
> 
> I still don't like the phrase "true division", it implies a value judgement 
> that quotients are somehow an inferior thing to want to compute.
> 

David,
I'm not sure.  I thought so to, but decided to try it in the interpreter 
first (since I never used floor before)

 >>> xxx = 1.0
 >>> yyy = 2
 >>> from math import floor
 >>> floor(xxx)/yyy
0.5
 >>> xx = 1
 >>> floor(xx)/yyy
0.5
 >>> yy = 2
 >>> floor(xx)/yy
0.5
 >>> floor(xx)
1.0
 >>> xx = -1
 >>> floor(xx)
-1.0
 >>> floor(xx)/yy
-0.5
 >>>

so-i-guess-it's-not-a-typo-ly yours
Tom