Nasty typo in PEP 238 (revised)

[Andrew Koenig]

David> In article <cp4rrz5onj.fsf at cj20424-a.reston1.va.home.com>,
David>  Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:

>> Q. How do I write code that works under the classic rules as well
>> as under the new rules without using // or a future division
>> statement?

>> A. Use x*1.0/y for true division, divmod(x, y)[0] for int
>> division.  Especially the latter is best hidden inside a
>> function.  You may also write floor(x)/y for true division if
>> you are sure that you don't expect complex numbers.

David> Shouldn't this be float(x)/y ?

What if x is complex?

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