Add integer division and modulus operators to expression sublanguage#106
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[WIP] Add support for integer division and modulus in emboss
Add integer division and modulus operators to expression sublanguage
Dec 6, 2025
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/(floored division) and%(floored modulus) operators to the Emboss expression language, enabling expressions likesize / 4andoffset % alignment.Semantics
Uses floored division (Python's
//semantics), not truncated division (C's/). This ensures the identitya == (a / b) * b + (a % b)holds for all integers:Changes
/and%tokens and grammar productions at same precedence as*DIVISIONandMODULUStoFunctionMappingenumFlooredDivisionOperationandFlooredModulusOperationwith div-by-zero guardsFlooredDivisionandFlooredModulussupport functionsExample
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