Swifterswift: "Integer division"-like in Python

[cHaLkdusT]

I think integer division would be a helpful addition to our set of custom operators

• [x] I've read, understood, and done my best to follow the Contributing guidelines before opening this issue.

What did you do?

Just like in python, // infix operator divides and rounds down to the nearest integer

What did you expect to happen?

Create a custom infix division operator if one side is a FloatingPoint. Eg

7 // 2 => output is 3
-7 // 2 => output is -4

What happened instead?

infix operator // => Expected operator name in operator declaration

[LucianoPAlmeida]

@cHaLkdusT Thank you for opening this :)
I think this would only make sense if one of the sides is a FloatingPoint, because Int/Int division already works like that...

[cHaLkdusT]

Looks like someone's forgetting his Swift basics 😅 I'll update the thread. Thanks @LucianoPAlmeida!

[LucianoPAlmeida]

Also, It maybe will have to be another thing different than //, I'm not sure but I think the parser will think that it is a comment block :)
In python this works because the comment is #

[cHaLkdusT]

I was thinking of a double ➗➗ (emoji) character as an alternate, I'm not sure though if it makes sense.

[LucianoPAlmeida]

I was thinking of a double ➗➗ (emoji) character as an alternate, I'm not sure though if it makes sense.

Not sure, seems a bit weird to me TBH, but I don't have any suggestion either ...

[cHaLkdusT]

BTW, in Swift, this expression -7 / 2 results to -3

Since the // operator in Python divides and rounds down to the nearest integer, this expression -7 // 2 must be -4

[LucianoPAlmeida]

Yeah, but note that the behavior is the same two integer division return an integer rounded (to nearest or not) the behavior is that it returns a rounded integer :)

[Vitalii-Gozhenko]

I don't think it is possible with // operator, because it is reserved for comments

[LucianoPAlmeida]

Closing due to inactivity, feel free to reopen if you think this still worth a discussion 👍