Issue #14924 has been updated by mame (Yusuke Endoh). Changing the behavior of Integer#/ has been already rejected. https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/5512#note-12 > Too big incompatibility. Abandoned. > > Matz. It might be possible to add a new operator // as an alias to Integer#quo, but it also brings (relatively small) incompatibility. For example, ``` x = str.split // foobar ``` the program above might be interpreted as `x = (str.split) // (foobar)` if an operator // is added. ---------------------------------------- Feature #14924: // floor division operator https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/14924#change-73038 * Author: deneb (Sbastien Durand) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Assignee: * Target version: ---------------------------------------- Hello! In my job, I have to do many math operations. And it's kind of a pain because of integer division (3 / 2 == 1). I have to constantly cast integers to floats. Would it be a good idea to always return a float when you divide two numbers? I mean, 99% of the time you just want that. (The principle of least surprise.) Python is doing that just right: ~~~ python 3 / 2 == 1.5 3 // 2 == 1 ~~~ http://python-reference.readthedocs.io/en/latest/docs/operators/floor_division.html I don't know if it's too much of a breaking change though? Maybe for Ruby3x3? Thanks. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ Unsubscribe: <mailto:ruby-core-request / ruby-lang.org?subject=unsubscribe> <http://lists.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/ruby-core>