[Python-Dev] %b format? (original) (raw)

M.-A. Lemburg mal@lemburg.com
Wed, 30 May 2001 23:31:06 +0200

"Eric S. Raymond" wrote:

Greg Wilson <Greg.Wilson@baltimore.com>: > I would like to add a "%b" format for converting > numbers to binary format (1's and 0's). I realize > this isn't a C-ism, but it would be very useful for > teaching purposes, as newcomers find 101101 a lot > easier to understand than 0x2D. > > Reactions? +1. Didactically pretty useful, and the additional code won't boost global complexity much.

Good idea. The only question I have is: in which order will you print the 0s and 1s (MSB->LSB, LSB->MSB, little/big endian) ?

I am thinking of adding a bit field type to mxNumber and have the same problem there...

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