Re: gnuplot cvs source bug

[Petr M. <mi...@ph...>]

> One factor you might want to consider in this regard
> is the increasing use of gnuplot driven by scripts of
> dynamically-typed languages--Python, Perl, Tcl, Ruby,
> PHP... In such cases unexpected results can arise as a
> result of integer division being the default. Perhaps
> adopting a Python-like approach (// for integer
> division) initially driven by a switch (set division
> true|integer) and eventually defaulting to true might
> help.

Python works like gnuplot:

Python 2.3.4 (#1, Feb  7 2005, 15:50:45)
[GCC 3.3.4 (pre 3.3.5 20040809)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> print 5/2
2
>>> print 5//2
2

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