Can you give some examples of how it would be used differently than the current modulo operator and what value it would bring?
For those who have not taken number theory courses in a long time (or never!) it's not clear how this would be useful for Python. Damian (he/him) On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 11:10 AM Nathan Levett <nathan.levett...@gmail.com> wrote: > Howdy python gang, > > First time posting here ~ I've recently encountered that python does not > have an OOTB operator for modulo that is consistent with Euclidean > division. Although it should be easy for anyone who wants this to create it > themselves, it struck me as odd that it was not an already included > feature. I was even more shocked to see a list indicating that most > languages don't include one consister with Euclidean division > (disheartening to realise that the number theory way of doing things is not > the default). I was so shocked at it's lack from python that it motivated > me to post this, I suppose! > > I guess I'm posting to check how open anyone would be to the idea? I'm not > sure if '%%' is defined anywhere, but it seemed like an intuitive > suggestion if not already used as an operator, parallel to the syntax of > the '**' operator. > > Keen to know how open y'all're to it! > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/KRISFMIOXQOXFH5Y4XYUMBEONMCCOOQH/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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