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authorEric Appelt <eric.appelt@gmail.com>2018-03-10 08:44:12 (GMT)
committerNick Coghlan <ncoghlan@gmail.com>2018-03-10 08:44:12 (GMT)
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bpo-26701: Add documentation for __trunc__ (GH-6022)
`int` fails back to `__trunc__` is `__int__` isn't defined, so cover that in the docs.
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@@ -731,8 +731,11 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
Return an integer object constructed from a number or string *x*, or return
``0`` if no arguments are given. If *x* is a number, return
- :meth:`x.__int__() <object.__int__>`. For floating point numbers, this
- truncates towards zero.
+ :meth:`x.__int__() <object.__int__>`. If *x* defines
+ :meth:`x.__trunc__() <object.__trunc__>` but not
+ :meth:`x.__int__() <object.__int__>`, then return
+ if :meth:`x.__trunc__() <object.__trunc__>`. For floating point numbers,
+ this truncates towards zero.
If *x* is not a number or if *base* is given, then *x* must be a string,
:class:`bytes`, or :class:`bytearray` instance representing an :ref:`integer