By default, Python performs integer division with truncation,
so that 3/4 is 0, not 0.75. This is inconvenient when doing scientific computations,
and can lead to hard-to-find bugs in programs. You can write 3./4., which
is 0.75 by the rules of "floating-point" division.
Starting with Python 2.2, you can change the default so that
3/4 is treated as 0.75. Place this at the start of your program:
from __future__ import division
There are two underscores ("_" and "_")
before "future" and two after.
The Visual module converts integers to floating-point numbers
for you when specifying attributes of objects:
object.pos
= (1,2,3) is equivalent to object.pos = (1.,2.,3.)
A related issue in versions of Python preceding Python 2.2
is that raising an integer to a negative power, as in 10**-2, gives an error.
Instead, use 10. (a floating-point number) and write the expression as 10.**-2
in order to obtain the desired result (0.01 in this case). This is not a
problem in Python 2.2 and later versions.
