[yen223]

The division change is good. I have a hard time understanding why you'd want

    3/2 = 1

as the default behaviour.

[TylerE]

Imagine the following (admittedly bad, minimalistic to make my point) code

    x = int(input(">>> "))
    a = x / 2
    append_int_to_magical_db(a)

If the division does a "naturaL" thing, you suddenly have a float "polluting" your integer algorithm, but it's _not consistent_. If the user enters "4", you get an int back. If they enter 5, you get a float.

[takluyver]

> If the user enters "4", you get an int back.

No, it always returns a float in Python 3. 4/2 gives 2.0.

[meowface]

Users of Python 3 and up will just have to remember that the result of any division will be a float.

It's a breaking change, yes, but in general I think it's a good one.

[nhaehnle]

And if they do want integer division, they have to remember // and %.

[masklinn]

It's bad and it does not make your point. In P2 you always get an int, in P3 you always get a float.

[dagss]

a = x // 2