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RE: Initial bignum pdd

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From:
Hong Zhang
Date:
February 26, 2002 10:26
Subject:
RE: Initial bignum pdd
Message ID:
400CE9390E334A4393CEECDD6863120A01A107CF@ussccm003.corp.palm.com

> Would it be good to say exactly what type of rounding this is?  What
> is 19 / 5?  How about 19 / -5?  FWIW, here's what Perl 
> currently thinks:
> 
>   19 / 5 =  3
> (-19)/ 5 = -3
>   19 /-5 = -3
> (-19)/-5 =  3

On way to solve this is to provide two sets of division operators, ie
div/mod vs quo/rem, one of them is mapped to '/'/'%', and the other
maps to regular method names.

Hong

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