[Python-Dev] Integer division transition

[Greg Ewing]

Charles G Waldman <cgw@fnal.gov>:

> The other point - "=" vs "==" - is a bit harder to answer.

I think the reason this causes so much trouble is that many
programming languages, not to mention mainstream mathematics,
use "=" to mean what C uses "==" for.

Other such pairs in C, e.g. "&" vs "&&" and "+" vs "++",
don't seem to cause anywhere near as much difficulty, so
I don't think the problem is one of visual confusion, but
of semantic confusion.

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