Python 3 and PEP238 division

[Ninereeds]

On Mar 17, 7:26 pm, "Terry Reedy" <tjre... at udel.edu> wrote:
> "Ninereeds" <stephenhorne... at aol.com> wrote in message
>
> news:ddaa40d0-3d75-44b7-98ad-7dfaa3b3e6de at m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
> | Is the PEP238 change to division going into Python 3 as planned?
>
> IDLE 3.0a3>>> 1/2
>
> 0.5
>
> | I realise that the new integer division semantics have been available
> | in "from __future__" for quite a few years now, but a warning might be
> | appropriate now that Python 3 is in alpha.
>
> 2.6, I have read, have optional 'Py3' warnings, and a 2to3 conversion
> program

The tools can work out the *intent* of any particular division
operator? Can work out whether the result should be integer or float,
independent of any particular set of arguments? Seems unlikely.