Comment on PEP-0238

[Roman Suzi]

On Sat, 7 Jul 2001, Tim Peters wrote:

>    idiv(5.0, 3.0)

Yes, I was going to propose this too.

>returned 1 too; i.e., that idiv(i, j) mathematically return floor(i/j).
>
>Alternative:  Given the point about dumbdbm above, the missing half is a
>builtin to return (mathematically) ceiling(i/j) too.  A very direct approach
>to both is to forget div/idiv and introduce two-argument builtins
>
>    floor(i, j)   # return floor of mathematical quotient
>    ceiling(i, j) # return ceiling of mathematical quotient

Maybe make it floor2(i, j) and ceil2(i, j) ?
(like atan2)

(And put math into builtins ;-)

Sincerely yours, Roman Suzi
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