python3 integer division debugging

Neal Becker ndbecker2 at gmail.com
Wed Aug 28 11:29:23 EDT 2013


Chris Angelico wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 1:21 AM, Oscar Benjamin
> <oscar.j.benjamin at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 28 August 2013 16:15, Neal Becker <ndbecker2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> The change in integer division seems to be the most insidious source of
>>> silent errors in porting code from python2 - since it changes the behaviour
>>> or valid code silently.
>>>
>>> I wish the interpreter had an instrumented mode to detect and report such
>>> problems.
>>
>> Is that a joke?
>>
>> Run the code under Python 2.6/2.7 with the -3 flag:
> 
> I wouldn't say that's a joke, it's just another demonstration of
> Guido's time machine :)
> 
> ChrisA

Ah!  I looked for it in python3.  Funny it isn't there as well.  Thanks!




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