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

Eric S. Raymond esr@thyrsus.com
Wed, 30 May 2001 18:03:41 -0400

Barry A. Warsaw <barry@digicool.com>:

>>>>> "GW" == Greg Wilson <Greg.Wilson@baltimore.com> writes: GW> I would like to add a "%b" format for converting numbers to GW> binary format (1's and 0's). For completeness, wouldn't you also want a binary integer literal so your students could write binary numbers in their code? And what about a binary() operator a la hex()?

Barry is correct. If we're going to do this, we ought to do it right and support binary on a par with decimal, hex, and octal. I favor this.

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