From: nouriyouri@... Date: 2020-05-15T17:39:33+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:98390] [Ruby master Feature#16894] Integer division for Ruby 3 Issue #16894 has been updated by NuriYuri (Youri Nouri). File integer division.png added > It'd be great if division in Ruby matched what we all learned in school. In my time it was C++ or Java at school and in those language (like Ruby) if the two number are Integer, then the result is an Integer. 1 / 2 in those language = 0. I though that python was the only language treating integer division as float division. Also, I'm using a lot the Integer division, for array index, definition of max counter and just to get integer division. Having to replace 1000+ lines from / to .div just because Python does it wrong is really pleasing. ---------------------------------------- Feature #16894: Integer division for Ruby 3 https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/16894#change-85659 * Author: ankane (Andrew Kane) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Assignee: matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto) ---------------------------------------- Hi Ruby team, It'd be great if division in Ruby matched what we all learned in school. ``` ruby 1 / 2 == 0.5 ``` New developers wouldn't immediately be confused when they try to do division and experienced developers could stop adding to_f to their code (typically after they get tripped up on the first run). In my experience, floating point division is way more common than floor division. This could definitely break existing code, so I understand it's a decision that shouldn't be made lightly. Overall, Ruby is really intuitive, but this is one place where it's not. It looks like this was considered for Ruby 2.0 as well as few years ago in #5512, so feel free to close if it's not something you'd like to reconsider right now. ---Files-------------------------------- integer division.png (14.3 KB) -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ Unsubscribe: