Guido van Rossum wrote:
I personally don't want to see the feature in its current form added
to 2.7/3.1 either. As others pointed out, it's a wart on the
bin/oct/hex functions.
So as far as the feature design goes, I offer some suggestions: a new
module; or a new function in math; or a new method on float. Since
Raymond is the champion for the feature let him choose the API from
those alternatives.
Regarding the addition to 2.6/3.0 post beta 1, I think a new module
has the most chance of success, especially if it's written in Python
in such a way as to need minimal changes between 2.6 and 3.0.
One of the other reasons I'd like to postpone the feature is that I
think with a clean design behind it it could be an elegant addition to
those builtins rather than a wart.
But helping Raymond to convince you or anyone else of that is well down
my to-do list at the moment (which I think just got longer with the
test_support discussion...)
Cheers,
Nick.
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