Why does int(5.0) returns 0

[Erik Max Francis]

Samir Patel wrote:

> Here is verbose output of program: print int(5.0)
> 
> It outputs 0

You should us verbose output, but not your input.  Are you really sure
that's what the program said?  If so, your Python installation is
seriously broken.

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