Clarify int division programming faq

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start with the Python programming FAQ and review the linked work, including gh-129313 and the original BPO issue 31021, to determine the intended clarification. Done means the FAQ clearly explains integer division without leaving the original ambiguity, with the documentation change reviewed against the existing discussion.

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Description

docs type-feature
BPO 31021
Nosy @terryjreedy, @mdickinson, @bitdancer, @marco-buttu, @wohlganger, @kgashok
PRs
  • python/cpython#2768
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2017-07-24.21:50:50.287>
labels = ['type-feature', '3.7', 'docs']
title = 'Clarify programming faq.'
updated_at = <Date 2017-09-18.14:29:21.130>
user = 'https://github.com/terryjreedy'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2017-09-18.14:29:21.130>
actor = 'r.david.murray'
assignee = 'docs@python'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Documentation']
creation = <Date 2017-07-24.21:50:50.287>
creator = 'terry.reedy'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 31021
keywords = []
message_count = 7.0
messages = ['299023', '299082', '299133', '299136', '299232', '302419', '302457']
nosy_count = 7.0
nosy_names = ['terry.reedy', 'mark.dickinson', 'r.david.murray', 'docs@python', 'marco.buttu', 'wohlganger', 'kgashok']
pr_nums = ['2768']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'patch review'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue31021'
versions = ['Python 3.6', 'Python 3.7']

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    • gh-129313
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