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Author	tim.peters
Recipients	alex, belopolsky, casevh, pitrou, rhettinger, skrah, tim.peters
Date	2014-09-20.21:48:44
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Message-id	<1411249725.14.0.722075905042.issue22444@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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Floor division on floats is an unattractive nuisance and should be removed, period - so there ;-) But short of that, I favor leaving it alone. Whose life would be improved by changing it to return an int? Not mine - and doing so anyway is bound to break existing code. +1 on changing the PEP instead (as Raymond suggested).

Floor division on floats is an unattractive nuisance and should be removed, period - so there ;-)

But short of that, I favor leaving it alone.  Whose life would be improved by changing it to return an int?  Not mine - and doing so anyway is bound to break existing code.  +1 on changing the PEP instead (as Raymond suggested).

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