[Python-3000] Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: Octal (original) (raw)

Terry Reedy tjreedy at udel.edu
Thu Mar 15 21:47:15 CET 2007


"Nicko van Someren" <nicko at nicko.org> wrote in message news:F85A7BFC-E4E7-4287-912D-FA38BE617648 at nicko.org... | On 14 Mar 2007, at 23:08, Guido van Rossum wrote: | > IOW, the only thing I'm unsure about is whether int('0012', 0) should | > return 10 or complain like eval('0012') would. Perhaps it's best to | > say that int('0012', 0) is a safer way to parse Python int literals, | > and that would make it an error. || The current documentation for the int() says "If radix is zero ... | the interpretation is the same as for integer literals." I very much | think that this should remain true.

I agree. Adding an exception just slightly clouds the language. Anyway, int('12',8) in one less character to type!

Terry Jan Reedy



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