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* Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] Use __future__ to enable floating-point division of integers in Python 2.
  @ 2014-08-11 21:07 99% ` Michał Górny
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From: Michał Górny @ 2014-08-11 21:07 UTC (permalink / raw
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Dnia 2014-08-11, o godz. 21:51:34
Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> napisał(a):

> In Python 2, the division ('/') operator defaults to integer
> (truncating) division when given integer argument. In Python 3, it
> performs floating-point division unconditionally instead. To overcome
> this difference and get a consistent behavior, integers were converted
> to floats explicitly in a few places.
> 
> Instead, use a simpler 'from __future__ import division' statement that
> enables floating-point division globally in Python 2. Use it in all
> relevant files to get a consistent behavior, and use '//' appropriately
> whenever integer division is desired.

More specifically, this one's in git. Sorry for the extra thread.

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Best regards,
Michał Górny

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