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From: Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 16:21:09 +0100
Subject: Re: python3 integer division debugging
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On 28 August 2013 16:15, Neal Becker <ndbecker2@gmail.com> wrote:
> The change in integer division seems to be the most insidious source of silent
> errors in porting code from python2 - since it changes the behaviour or valid
> code silently.
>
> I wish the interpreter had an instrumented mode to detect and report such
> problems.

Is that a joke?

Run the code under Python 2.6/2.7 with the -3 flag:

$ cat test.py

print(10 / 7)

$ python -3 test.py
test.py:2: DeprecationWarning: classic int division
  print(10 / 7)
1


Oscar