Syver Enstad wrote:

> "Matthew Sherborne" <miracle@[...].nz> writes:
> 
> >So I now realize that it is not "Integer Division", it is "Division
> >with the
> >result rounded down".
> >
> 
> I think you want this instead:
> 
> round(5/2)
> 
> By the way whats wrong with 5/2 = 2 ?
> You have five tennisballs, split them on two persons. Surely they can't
> have more than two tennisballs each.
> 
Most people who aren't familiar with integer division expect 1/2 to 
yield 0.5, not 0.  This confusion is what motivated the work outlined in 
the PEP.  Further motivational details are available in the PEP.

--david ascher

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