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author | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 2002-04-30 02:18:51 (GMT) |
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committer | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 2002-04-30 02:18:51 (GMT) |
commit | af93c4c8d99445b518af91a3b7cbfe334a34b013 (patch) | |
tree | c0d81c80f53a3620243e2316466859b25fce67d6 /Doc/ref | |
parent | 67d687a1145d12f1e7e835a0c8259ba1cc2450b1 (diff) | |
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Added a missing "|" in the grammar productions used in the reference manual
(reported by François Pinard).
Added some missing "_" characters in the same cluster of productions.
Added missing floor division operator in m_expr production, and mention
floor division in the relevant portion of the text.
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref5.tex b/Doc/ref/ref5.tex index e437263..6e28fab 100644 --- a/Doc/ref/ref5.tex +++ b/Doc/ref/ref5.tex @@ -648,11 +648,12 @@ operators: \begin{productionlist} \production{m_expr} {\token{u_expr} | \token{m_expr} "*" \token{u_expr} + | \token{m_expr} "//" \token{u_expr} | \token{m_expr} "/" \token{u_expr}} \productioncont{| \token{m_expr} "\%" \token{u_expr}} \production{a_expr} - {\token{m_expr} | \token{aexpr} "+" \token{m_expr} - \token{aexpr} "-" \token{m_expr}} + {\token{m_expr} | \token{a_expr} "+" \token{m_expr} + | \token{a_expr} "-" \token{m_expr}} \end{productionlist} The \code{*} (multiplication) operator yields the product of its @@ -663,11 +664,12 @@ then multiplied together. In the latter case, sequence repetition is performed; a negative repetition factor yields an empty sequence. \index{multiplication} -The \code{/} (division) operator yields the quotient of its -arguments. The numeric arguments are first converted to a common -type. Plain or long integer division yields an integer of the same -type; the result is that of mathematical division with the `floor' -function applied to the result. Division by zero raises the +The \code{/} (division) and \code{//} (floor division) operators yield +the quotient of their arguments. The numeric arguments are first +converted to a common type. Plain or long integer division yields an +integer of the same type; the result is that of mathematical division +with the `floor' function applied to the result. Division by zero +raises the \exception{ZeroDivisionError} exception. \exindex{ZeroDivisionError} \index{division} |