gdesklets ?

[Marc Boeren]

Hi,

> why I should write :
>   self.__percent = int((float(self.__diff) / float(self.__max)) * 100)
> 
> instead of just :
> 
>   self.__percent = int((self.__diff / self.__max) * 100)

look at this trick (multiply first, divide later):

>>> diff = 10
>>> max = 100
>>> diff/max * 100 // your approach without casts
0
>>> diff*100/max // trick approach without cast
10
>>> diff = 10.1
>>> diff/max * 100
10.1
>>> diff*100/max
10.1
>>>

Both aproaches work if either diff or max is a float already, except for
making the final value an integer again. 
(btw, I shouldn't have used max as a variable name, but then again, it's
just an example :)

Cheerio, Marc.