[Python-Dev] re: division

[Moshe Zadka]

On Wed, 5 Apr 2000, Greg Ward wrote:

> Gaackk!  Why is this even an issue?  As I recall, Pascal got it right 30
> years ago: / is what you learned in grade school (1/2 = 0.5)

Greg, here's an easy way for you to make money: sue your grade school
<wink>.

I learned that 1/2 is 1/2. Rationals are a much more natural entities then
decimals (just think 1/3). 

FWIW, I think Python should support Rationals, and have integer division
return a rational. I'm still working on the details of my great Python 
numeric tower change.

> Not sure what "alphanumeric"
> means in Unicode, but I'm sure someone has worried about this.

I think Unicode has a clear definition of a letter and a number.
How do you feel about letting arbitrary Unicode whitespace into Python?
(Other then the indentation of non-empty lines <wink>)
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