For a long time,, There has been a discussion of trueFor division
versus integer division in Python.
I myslef prefer that / be used for integer division since almost
always, I want the result of the
division be truncated to integer.
However, today I reviewed the method to be used in Python to get true
division, and this gave
me an idea how true division could be implemented without interferring
with the use of
/ for integer division.
Use / for integer division
single slash is the operator for integer division.
Use ./ for true division.
period slash is the operator for true division.
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For a long time,, There has been a discussion of trueFor division
versus integer division in Python.
The discussion and the decision to use // and / were years ago.
I myslef prefer that / be used for integer division since almost
always, I want the result of the
division be truncated to integer.
So use //
However, today I reviewed the method to be used in Python to get true
division, and this gave
me an idea how true division could be implemented without interferring
with the use of
/ for integer division.
Use / for integer division
single slash is the operator for integer division.
Use ./ for true division.
period slash is the operator for true division.
Proposing to use / and ./ instead of // and / is a waste of time. Really
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