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Is that a "best-practice" or gnibbler's first solution below "better?"

calf
– calf

2013-07-08 16:50:15 +00:00
Commented Jul 8, 2013 at 16:50
This is best-practice. The work-around to use float() will work too, but it is basically a hack to avoid the issue. from __future__ import division is the correct way of handling this as Python 3 switches behaviour.

Martijn Pieters
– Martijn Pieters

2013-07-08 16:51:25 +00:00
Commented Jul 8, 2013 at 16:51
Can from __future__ import division be used when using ipython?

calf
– calf

2013-07-08 16:54:28 +00:00
Commented Jul 8, 2013 at 16:54
Yes, it works in ipython; it works in the standard Python console as well.

Martijn Pieters
– Martijn Pieters

2013-07-08 16:54:52 +00:00
Commented Jul 8, 2013 at 16:54

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