Raymond Hettinger wrote: > [Eric Smith] >> Speaking for myself, these features are generally useful, >> and are so even without the new integer literal syntax. > > I'm curious how these are useful to you in Py2.6 where > they are not invertible. In Py3.0, we can count on > > x == int(bin(x), 2) > x == eval(bin(x)) > > I don't see how these could work in Py2.6 without > changing the parser and changing the int() function. > > Why would you ever want to create a string like > '0o144' when there is no way to convert the string > back into a value?
Because I need to output the values, for debugging and other purposes. I have no need to eval something I've bin'd, so I don't need them to be invertible. Same with hex. I realize I could just write these functions myself in Python, and not use the builtins. But I don't see the drawback of them being in 2.6. Eric. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
