[Scilab-users] [Scilab-Dev] algebra conventions with integer types to be discussed

[amonmayr at laas.fr]

Le 18/09/2018 à 20:53, Stéphane Mottelet a écrit :
> Hello Philippe,
>
> Great to hear from you,
>
> Le 18/09/2018 à 19:26, philippe a écrit :
>> Le 17/09/2018 à 19:03, Stéphane Mottelet a écrit :
>>> Do I have to conclude that the implementation is currently so 
>>> incoherent
>>> that *nobody* uses integer types in Scilab (other than Scilab code
>>> itself) ?
>> it's a new feature, I would have like to use it  before ... I've build
>> my own solution and now I just need time replace it with int64.
>>
>> For mixed int/double expression I expect to get the best floating point
>> approximation as a result.
> and for int/int ?
For me, this should be int, to be consistent with most of the languages 
I use.
So 3.0/4.0=0.75 but 3/4=0.
But maybe getting a rational would make more sense?

Antoine
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> S.
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>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Philippe
>>
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