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| author | Neal Norwitz <nnorwitz@gmail.com> | 2006-03-25 21:25:30 (GMT) |
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| committer | Neal Norwitz <nnorwitz@gmail.com> | 2006-03-25 21:25:30 (GMT) |
| commit | 6a91e94e66a176df0c5b6e46369625bf520b1902 (patch) | |
| tree | 6d39c1ccc2fa0b88409a102e4e4a859aba2508c0 /Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex | |
| parent | 4ec3c2695265d070d14b4f8c6c9573e77aab6086 (diff) | |
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SF bug # 1457358 and patch # 1458419, floor division not documented. Patch by Andy.
Will backport.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex index 55e7ee6..a1fa6f0 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex @@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ comparison operations): \hline \lineiii{\var{x} * \var{y}}{product of \var{x} and \var{y}}{} \lineiii{\var{x} / \var{y}}{quotient of \var{x} and \var{y}}{(1)} + \lineiii{\var{x} // \var{y}}{(floored) quotient of \var{x} and \var{y}}{(5)} \lineiii{\var{x} \%{} \var{y}}{remainder of \code{\var{x} / \var{y}}}{(4)} \hline \lineiii{-\var{x}}{\var{x} negated}{} @@ -299,6 +300,9 @@ Complex floor division operator, modulo operator, and \function{divmod()}. \deprecated{2.3}{Instead convert to float using \function{abs()} if appropriate.} +\item[(5)] +Also referred to as integer division. The resultant value is a whole integer, +though the result's type is not necessarily int. \end{description} % XXXJH exceptions: overflow (when? what operations?) zerodivision |