Language change and code breaks

[Greg Ewing]

Grant Edwards wrote:
> 
> In article <mailman.994958301.16016.python-list at python.org>, pfenn at mmm.com wrote:
> >
> >Is there really much code that depends on 1/3 == 0 being true?
> 
> I regulary depend on integer division working the way it does.

The point is whether there is any code which relies
on polymorphically deciding between integer and float
division at run time. I find it very difficult to
imagine what sort of application would *need* that.

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