From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 21:08:02 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Clarify deprecation of the floor div operator, modulo operator,
X-Git-Tag: v2.3c1~3805
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=463bfafd24b3fade78ab38afe39e7177db022c7f;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

Clarify deprecation of the floor div operator, modulo operator,
and divmod() function for complex numbers.

Closes SF Bug 621708: Unclear deprecation.
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diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref5.tex b/Doc/ref/ref5.tex
index ef6cba904711..f554ab49d18b 100644
--- a/Doc/ref/ref5.tex
+++ b/Doc/ref/ref5.tex
@@ -700,11 +700,10 @@ approximately where \code{x/y} is replaced by \code{floor(x/y)}) or
     * y + x \%{} y} be very close to \code{x}.
 }.
 
-Complex floor division operator, modulo operator, and
-\function{divmod()}.
-
-\deprecated{2.3}{Instead convert to float using \function{abs()}
-if appropriate.}
+\deprecated{2.3}{The floor division operator, the modulo operator,
+and the \function{divmod()} function are no longer defined for complex
+numbers.  Instead, convert to a floating point number using the
+\function{abs()} function if appropriate.}
 
 The \code{+} (addition) operator yields the sum of its arguments.
 The arguments must either both be numbers or both sequences of the