1/2 evaluates to 0
Steven D'Aprano
steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info
Wed Oct 12 07:56:27 EDT 2011
Nobody wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:28:35 +0200, Laurent wrote:
>
>>>>>> from __future__ import division
>>>>>> 1/2
>>> 0.5
>>>
>>
>> Wohaw. This means that this behavior is going to be default in a
>> foreseeable future ?
>
> It's the default in 3.x. I can't imagine it ever being the default in 2.x.
2.7 is now in "bug-fix only" mode, so no new features, and there won't be a
2.8, so true division will never be the default in 2.x.
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Steven
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