[Python-Dev] trunc()

[Christian Heimes]

Raymond Hettinger wrote:
> Since something similar is happening to math.ceil and math.floor,
> I'm curious why trunc() ended-up in builtins instead of the math
> module.  Doesn't it make sense to collect similar functions
> with similar signatures in the same place?

Traditionally the math module is a tiny wrapper around the system's
libm. Functions for magic hooks like __trunc__ usually end up in
builtins. In this particular case I don't mind where the function is
going to live.

Christian