Hello what I sometimes miss in Python is the possibility to switch tha base of a number for example this is how it's done in Ruby
irb(main):099:0* a = 10.to_s(2) => "1010" irb(main):100:0> a.to_i(2) => 10 irb(main):101:0> irb(main):102:0* a = 10.to_s(3) => "101" irb(main):103:0> a.to_i(3) => 10 the Python int-Function behaves similar >>> int("1010",2) 10 >>> however we lack the reverse functionality the logical >>> str(10,2) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? TypeError: str() takes at most 1 argument (2 given) >>> fails it would not break anything if str interface would be changed what do you think? Is this already proposed or maybe implemented in 2.5? Regards, Daniel -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list