negative numbers and integer division

[Mark Hahn]

 oops -- ignore that last post -- i was totally wrong

"Mark Hahn" <mark at hahnca.com> wrote in message
news:HWjfb.5187$hp5.1152 at fed1read04...
> That definitely seems wrong to me, even though it is a correct "floor"
> function.
>
> I was given the impression that (int // int) was going to be the
replacement
> for (int / int) when (int / int) is changed to return a float, but -1/12
now
> gives 0, not -1, so (int // int) is not a replacement for (int / int).
>
> "Matthew Wilson" <mwilson at sarcastic-horse.com> wrote in message
> news:mailman.1065206646.19185.python-list at python.org...
> > Hi-
> >
> > I just discovered this:
> >
> > >>> -1 // 12
> > -1
> > >>> 1 // 12
> > 0
> > >>>
> >
> > I thought that -1 // 12 would be 0 also.  I'm writing a simple monthly
> > date class and i need (-1,2001) to be translated to (11,2000).  Any
ideas?
> >
>
>