On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 12:09 PM 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.
Are you referring to something different than the divmod builtin?
>>> help(divmod)
Help on built-in function divmod in module builtins:
divmod(x, y, /)
Return the tuple (x//y, x%y). Invariant: div*y + mod == x.
André
> 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!
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