[Python-ideas] collections.Counter should implement __mul__, __rmul__

[Raymond Hettinger]

> On Apr 15, 2018, at 10:07 PM, Tim Peters <tim.peters at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Adding Counter * integer doesn't bother me a bit, but the definition
> of what that should compute isn't obvious.

Any thoughts on Counter * float?   A key use case for what is being proposed is:

    c *= 1 / c.total


Raymond