python halp

Quick question /prog/,
I'm just starting out a course at school involving python, and this is the first programming language I have had experience in. I have an exercise asking me to predict the output of expression

int (-8.0 / 3)

and i thought -3 since -8.0/3 = -2.666.. and the integer floors it to -3, but the output is -2. I tried -8/3 integer division and it gives -3.

tl;dr why does
int(-8.0/3) = -2
but
-8/3 = -3

ONE WORD

LACK OF FORCED CASTING OF TYPES

THREAD OVER

-8/3 is a fixed-point division which _subtracts 3 from |-8| ^until the |remainder| becomes <3.
int(), however, follows arithmetic conventions and rounds the result to the nearest ^odd integer.

THE FORCED OVERNESS OF THREADS

int() rounds towards zero

>>1
Integer conversion discards the fractional part.
If you want it rounded, int(x/y+.5)

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>>5

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