Division change in 3.0! (was Re: Booleans, integer division, backwards compatibility; where is Python going?)

[Aahz]

In article <23891c90.0204080156.27f36d22 at posting.google.com>,
Paul Boddie <paul at boddie.net> wrote:
>Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote in message news:<3CAEFC4E.2778AC55 at python.org>...
>> 
>> About the change rate in general: it's hard to find the proper pace.
>> Most new features are requested by users (even the division change!)
>
>...which I eventually came to see as a good idea, although I
>personally believe that the way it was announced caused unnecessary
>panic. Postponing mandatory changes in semantics even to the release
>after next, when the frequency of releases appears to be doubling over
>time, might not have been enough to satisfy the most conservative
>users.

Once again, for the record: the mandatory change in the way division
works is going to be in 3.0.

This is not the way it was originally presented (and I agree with you
about the presentation), but it's a good example of Guido changing his
mind after getting input.
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