[Python-3000] Octal (original) (raw)
Oleg Broytmann phd at phd.pp.ru
Wed Mar 14 17:26:56 CET 2007
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On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 06:59:03AM -0800, Guido van Rossum wrote:
I really don't like to have to write int('660', 8). How about 0t660? This is most symmetric with 0xffe for hex, as it is the 3rd letter of the word in both cases.
I think we also approved 0b101010 for binary numbers, didn't we? Other bases don't have enough of a following to bother.
0b101010
0c660
0xffeI.e. the first letter from "bin", the second from "oct", the third from "hex". Also "0c" resembles "oc" from "oct".
Oleg.
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