diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst index 6c07ee585480e9..652ed147af8422 100644 --- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst +++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ the operations, see :ref:`operator-summary`): +---------------------+---------------------------------+---------+--------------------+ | ``x / y`` | quotient of *x* and *y* | | | +---------------------+---------------------------------+---------+--------------------+ -| ``x // y`` | floored quotient of *x* and | \(1) | | +| ``x // y`` | floored quotient of *x* and | \(1)\(2)| | | | *y* | | | +---------------------+---------------------------------+---------+--------------------+ | ``x % y`` | remainder of ``x / y`` | \(2) | | @@ -319,8 +319,10 @@ the operations, see :ref:`operator-summary`): Notes: (1) - Also referred to as integer division. The resultant value is a whole - integer, though the result's type is not necessarily int. The result is + Also referred to as integer division. For operands of type :class:`int`, + the result has type :class:`int`. For operands of type :class:`float`, + the result has type :class:`float`. In general, the result is a whole + integer, though the result's type is not necessarily :class:`int`. The result is always rounded towards minus infinity: ``1//2`` is ``0``, ``(-1)//2`` is ``-1``, ``1//(-2)`` is ``-1``, and ``(-1)//(-2)`` is ``0``. diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2023-03-19-09-39-31.gh-issue-102823.OzsOz0.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2023-03-19-09-39-31.gh-issue-102823.OzsOz0.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000000000..1e32f3c89231c8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2023-03-19-09-39-31.gh-issue-102823.OzsOz0.rst @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +Document the return type of ``x // y`` when ``x`` and ``y`` have type +:class:`float`.