PEP0238 lament

[Bill Anderson]

In article <3B5BC1C3.41330762 at cosc.canterbury.ac.nz>, "Greg Ewing"
<greg at cosc.canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:

> Arthur_Siegel at rsmi.com wrote:
>> 
>> If I was told that experinced programmers might appreciate this change
>> for any possible reason - I'd be quiet as a mouse.
> 
> I'm an experienced programmer, and I appreciate the change on the
> grounds that different operations on the same data should be spelled
> differently.

So spell int/int=int with a / and int/int=float as // Solves the problem
of code breakage, and eliminates the need for a two year implementation
timeframe.

I believe this would instantly silence nearly all of those opposed to the
PEP.

Bill