[Python-Dev] str with base (original) (raw)

Brett Cannon brett at python.org
Tue Jan 17 04:50:55 CET 2006

On 1/16/06, Alex Martelli <aleaxit at gmail.com> wrote:

Is it finally time in Python 2.5 to allow the "obvious" use of, say, str(5,2) to give '101', just the converse of the way int('101',1)

I think you mean int('101' 2). =)

gives 5? I'm not sure why str has never allowed this obvious use -- any bright beginner assumes it's there and it's awkward to explain why it's not!-). I'll be happy to propose a patch if the BDFL blesses this, but I don't even think it's worth a PEP... it's an inexplicable though long-standing omission (given the argumentative nature of this crowd I know I'll get pushback, but I still hope the BDFL can Pronounce about it anyway;-).

I'm +0. Not a big thing for me, but having the symmetry seems reasonable.

-Brett

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