From 6a91e94e66a176df0c5b6e46369625bf520b1902 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Neal Norwitz Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 21:25:30 +0000 Subject: SF bug # 1457358 and patch # 1458419, floor division not documented. Patch by Andy. Will backport. --- Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) 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 -- cgit v0.12