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

Bob Ippolito bob at redivi.com
Thu Jan 19 08:58:01 CET 2006

On Jan 18, 2006, at 11:37 PM, Neal Norwitz wrote:

On 1/18/06, Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger at verizon.net> wrote:

Guido, we may be converging on a consensus for my proposal:

base(value, radix=2) So far no one has shot at it, and it has gathered +1's from Steven, Alex, Brett, and Nick. +1 for me too, but I'd also like to deprecate hex() and oct() and slate them for removal in 3k. To expand, valid radix values would be 2..36 (ie, same as for int). It was discussed putting base() in some module. Was there consensus about builtin vs a module? I'd prefer a module, but builtin is ok with me.

I'd drop the default radix, or make it something common like 16...
especially if hex and oct are to be py3k deprecated.

+1 for: base(value, radix) +1 for: "%b" % (integer,) +0 for binary literals: 0b01101

-bob

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