Has anyone in this thread linked this blog post yet? http://python-history.blogspot.com/2010/08/why-pythons-integer-division-floors.html
Much is a rehash of this thread but for completeness it might be useful to read Guido van Rossum's thoughts and the subsequent discussion in the comments section. @Tim I believe you are mentioned at the bottom of the post. Om ---- On Sun, 20 Mar 2022 01:53:51 -0500 Ben Rudiak-Gould <benrud...@gmail.com> wrote ---- > On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 8:30 PM MRAB <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote: > > Wikipedia describes Euclidean division. > > > > Basically, the modulo is non-negative: > > > > a == b * q + r where 0 <= r < abs(b) > > That convention in the Wikipedia article dates back to a 2004 edit by > an anonymous (IP) editor. The only reference in that version was to a > course handout that only considered positive denominators. > > There's nothing wrong with the convention, but I'm suspicious of the > idea that it's a widespread standard of some sort. I've never heard of > it before. > _______________________________________________ > 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/MG7J6KWWBWZPMWVZYSMAXF4WVG2WL42A/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > _______________________________________________ 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/RAX6SUFI2DKLV6KQXJKQCF63XZIBLMUI/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
