% is not an operator

Paul Rudin paul.nospam at rudin.co.uk
Wed Dec 14 04:43:36 EST 2011

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Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> writes:

> The existence of two potential answers for the remainder is certainly 
> correct, but the conclusion that remainder is not a binary operation 
> doesn't follow. It is a binary relation. 

This depends on your definition of "operation". Normally an operation is
a function, rather than just a relation.

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