>> Can anyone explain to me why we need both trunc() and int()? > trunc() has well-defined semantics -- it takes a Real instance > and converts it to an Integer instance using round-towards-zero > semantics.
Since something similar is happening to math.ceil and math.floor, I'm curious why trunc() ended-up in builtins instead of the math module. Doesn't it make sense to collect similar functions with similar signatures in the same place? Raymond _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
