[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)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Sat Jun 28 01:06:01 CEST 2008


On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 3:59 PM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:

Mark Dickinson wrote:

math.tohex(3.14) '0x1.91eb851eb851fp+1'

math.fromhex('0x1.91eb851eb851fp+1') 3.1400000000000001 How about just one self-inverse method .hex? .hex(float/hexstring) returns corresponding hexstring/float

That seems to be a misplaced attempt at economy, obscuring the intent from the reader.

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