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Created on 2014-02-23 07:10 by nullishzero, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin. This issue is now closed.
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| fix_squares.patch | nullishzero, 2014-02-23 07:10 | review | ||
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| msg211982 - (view) | Author: Pavel Kazakov (nullishzero) * | Date: 2014-02-23 07:10 | |
This is probably being nitpicky, but in the introduction section, the squares list include a 2: squares = [1, 2, 4, 9, 16, 25] However, 2 is not a square number (perfect square). So it should be: [1, 4, 9, 16, 25] I've included a patch that removes the 2. |
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| msg212127 - (view) | Author: Mark Dickinson (mark.dickinson) *  |
Date: 2014-02-24 18:08 | |
That's not nitpicky! It's a potentially confusing error that should definitely be rectified. (Alternatively, we could redefine squares in Python. All other languages just have the regular squares; Python has a super *extra* square 2! That clearly makes squares in Python *better* than squares in other languages...) |
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| msg212128 - (view) | Author: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) * |
Date: 2014-02-24 18:50 | |
We should then declare that π is a square, which would allow an easy solution to squaring a circle in Python ☺ |
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| msg212129 - (view) | Author: Antoine Pitrou (pitrou) * |
Date: 2014-02-24 18:53 | |
> Python has a super *extra* square 2! And let's not forget about -1. |
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| msg212130 - (view) | Author: Roundup Robot (python-dev)  |
Date: 2014-02-24 18:59 | |
New changeset 151a498c55e3 by Ezio Melotti in branch '3.3': #20740: desquarify 2. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/151a498c55e3 New changeset 1bc585ba5df2 by Ezio Melotti in branch 'default': #20740: merge with 3.3. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/1bc585ba5df2 |
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| msg212131 - (view) | Author: Ezio Melotti (ezio.melotti) * |
Date: 2014-02-24 19:01 | |
Fixed, thanks for the report and the patch! |
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| msg212242 - (view) | Author: Pavel Kazakov (nullishzero) * | Date: 2014-02-26 06:20 | |
> (Alternatively, we could redefine squares in Python. All other languages just have the regular squares; Python has a super *extra* square 2! That clearly makes squares in Python *better* than squares in other languages...) Heh. I initially wasn't sure if I was just missing a super fancy feauture of Python, but I eventually concluded the 2 probably wasn't supposed to be there. In the name of making Python better, since π and -1 have already been proposed as additional squares, I vote for including the constant e as well. > Fixed, thanks for the report and the patch! Great! Thanks. |
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| Date | User | Action | Args |
| 2022-04-11 14:57:59 | admin | set | github: 64939 |
| 2014-02-26 06:20:06 | nullishzero | set | messages: + msg212242 |
| 2014-02-24 19:01:42 | ezio.melotti | set | status: open -> closed versions: + Python 3.3, Python 3.4 messages: + msg212131 resolution: fixed stage: resolved |
| 2014-02-24 19:00:00 | python-dev | set | nosy:
+ python-dev messages: + msg212130 |
| 2014-02-24 18:53:44 | pitrou | set | nosy:
+ pitrou messages: + msg212129 |
| 2014-02-24 18:50:17 | loewis | set | nosy:
+ loewis messages: + msg212128 |
| 2014-02-24 18:08:59 | mark.dickinson | set | nosy:
+ mark.dickinson messages: + msg212127 |
| 2014-02-23 07:26:12 | georg.brandl | set | assignee: docs@python -> ezio.melotti nosy: + ezio.melotti |
| 2014-02-23 07:10:54 | nullishzero | create | |