[Python-3000] New built-in function: bin() (original) (raw)
Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Sat Apr 22 16:16:24 CEST 2006
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That makes more sense than a builtin. Note that oct() and hex() return something that's a valid Python literal. There are no binary literals (nor should there be IMO).
On 4/22/06, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
Ian Bicking wrote: > Guido van Rossum wrote: >> This has been brought up many times before. The value of bin() is >> really rather minimal except when you're just learning about binary >> numbers; and then writing it yourself is a useful exercise. >> >> I'm not saying that bin() is useless -- but IMO its (small) value >> doesn't warrant making, maintaining and documenting a new built-in >> function. > > And for some reason no one wants to propose it for any particular stdlib > module...
binascii.a2bbin and binascii.b2abin might actually make sense. . . Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan at gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia --------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.boredomandlaziness.org
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