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authorTim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>2001-12-11 21:43:14 (GMT)
committerTim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>2001-12-11 21:43:14 (GMT)
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Added -Qnew news about the test_coercion.py failure. That's the only test
that still fails under -Qnew, and is so tied to details of current behavior that fixing it before new division becomes the default is impractical.
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@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ Core and builtins
means all instances in library and 3rd-party modules, as well as in
your own code. As the PEP says, -Qnew is intended for use only in
educational environments with control over the libraries in use.
+ Note that test_coercion.py in the standard Python test suite fails
+ under -Qnew; this is expected, and won't be repaired until true
+ division becomes the default (in the meantime, test_coercion is
+ testing the current rules).
Extension modules