[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r64424 - in python/trunk:Include/object.h Lib/test/test_sys.py Misc/NEWSObjects/intobject.c Objects/longobject.c Objects/typeobject.cPython/bltinmodule.c (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Thu Jun 26 16:19:10 CEST 2008

Raymond Hettinger wrote:

and I'm definitely not keen on the fact that it's overloaded on the hex/bin/oct builtins.

Can't it be a separate function? Simplicity. bin/oct/hex have the job of giving alternate base representations for numbers. Nothing is gained by adding a duplicate set of functions in the math module for float inputs.

I'd place additional requirements on using bin/oct/hex for this:

The new feature must be available to floating point types other than float (such as Decimal) in both 2.6 and 3.0 (keeping in mind that 3.0 does not support bin, hex, or oct methods - it uses only index to implement bin(), hex() and oct()
Other classes (such as Decimal) should be able to leverage the formatting functionality provided for floats.

If it was just a new method on float objects or a new function in the math module, neither of those additional requirements would apply - I would be completely fine with the function only working for actual float objects.

However, in either case, I think this also runs afoul of the "we're in beta" argument - yes, it's a nice feature, but I don't think it's one that will cause any great dramas if users don't get their hands on it until 2.7/3.1.

Cheers, Nick.

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