Message 321564 - Python tracker

Message321564

Author	Bryan.Oakley
Recipients	Bryan.Oakley, cheryl.sabella, serhiy.storchaka, terry.reedy, vstinner
Date	2018-07-12.15:22:48
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yes, this is a well known backwards incompatibility. In python 2, the division operator returns an integer if both operands are integers. In python 3 it returns a float. https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0238/ On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 8:48 AM STINNER Victor <report@bugs.python.org> wrote: > > STINNER Victor <vstinner@redhat.com> added the comment: > > Is this issue a regression of Python 3? red/256 gave an integer on Python > 2? > > ---------- > nosy: +vstinner > > _______________________________________ > Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> > <https://bugs.python.org/issue33289> > _______________________________________ >

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yes, this is a well known backwards incompatibility. In python 2, the
division operator returns an integer if both operands are integers. In
python 3 it returns a float.

https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0238/

On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 8:48 AM STINNER Victor <report@bugs.python.org>
wrote:

>
> STINNER Victor <vstinner@redhat.com> added the comment:
>
> Is this issue a regression of Python 3? red/256 gave an integer on Python
> 2?
>
> ----------
> nosy: +vstinner
>
> _______________________________________
> Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org>
> <https://bugs.python.org/issue33289>
> _______________________________________
>

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Date	User	Action	Args
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2018-07-12 15:22:48	Bryan.Oakley	create