proposed language change to int/int==float (was: PEP0238 lament)

Sat Jul 28 03:47:25 EDT 2001

Fri, 27 Jul 2001 23:18:12 +0100, Gareth McCaughan <Gareth.McCaughan at pobox.com> pisze:

> I am a fan of rationals, but I strongly agree. Turning 0.98
> into 49/50 is likely to cause much more confusion than it
> saves.

Me too. I used to not be sure, but now I'm convinced. If you want
49/50, write 49/50 or 98/100, and there is no need to introduce
funny letters at the end of literals to specify the type.

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