behaviour of the modulo operator

[SerpentByte]

Feature or enhancement

Proposal:

The behaviour of the modulo operator should be made consistent across Python and C/C++.

3%2 # this is 1
-3%2 # this can be represented as -1 or 1 depending of the divisor.
# -3%2 is -1 in C/C++.

Has this already been discussed elsewhere?

I don't think so.

[sobolevn]

Looks like a duplicate of #75204

[ronaldoussoren]

The behaviour of the operator is intentional, see the answers in this stack overflow question for a good explanation of the rationale for this choice.

[terryjreedy]

Issue #75204 is not really a duplicate; it is an open proposal to revise the int division programming FAQ, which involves the choice of modulus sign determination. I just opened PR #129313 for it. It needs coredev review.