Pep 238 Why new // operator (Non-integer Division)

[Grant Griffin]

Tim Peters wrote:
> 
> [Gordon Williams]
> > Why do we need a new // operator to do the divide operation.  If
> > we want to do an integer divide with two reals why wont people just
> > use int(a/b).  For
> 
> 1. int() truncates.  Current i/j returns the floor.
> 
> 2. There is no bound on the sizes of i and j; it's very easy to
>    get Python long ints that don't fit in a Python float.

BTW, I guess I'm not the first one to notice that this new operator
looks an awful lot like a C/C++ comment.  So maybe some other symbol
should be used.

Hey, isn't "$" still open? <wink>

just-tryin'-to-make-a-buck-ly y'rs,

=g2
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