[issue13799] Base 16 should be hexadecimal in Unicode HOWTO

2012-08-20 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Changes by Terry J. Reedy : -- resolution: -> rejected stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue13799] Base 16 should be hexadecimal in Unicode HOWTO

2012-08-20 Thread Sandro Tosi
Sandro Tosi added the comment: I tend to agree with Terry that this report can be closed: base 16 is quite known and it's high likely that if you know what hexadecimal is, you also aware of the concept of "base X" and viceversa. If no-one objects, I'd just close it. -- __

[issue13799] Base 16 should be hexadecimal in Unicode HOWTO

2012-06-25 Thread Mark Dickinson
Mark Dickinson added the comment: I was tempted to suggest that 'hexadecimal' would be more searchable than 'base 16', but the first Google hit for 'base 16' is: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexadecimal :-) -- nosy: +mark.dickinson ___ Python tracker

[issue13799] Base 16 should be hexadecimal in Unicode HOWTO

2012-06-25 Thread Georg Brandl
Georg Brandl added the comment: ±0 from me. -- nosy: +georg.brandl ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscri

[issue13799] Base 16 should be hexadecimal in Unicode HOWTO

2012-06-25 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I learned about different number bases in 8th grade math class (a long time ago) and how to use base 2 to win nim. I learned 'octal' and 'hexadecimal' much later. In the absence of an official, documented vocabulary for such non-Python concepts, I think this

[issue13799] Base 16 should be hexadecimal in Unicode HOWTO

2012-06-24 Thread Éric Araujo
Éric Araujo added the comment: I think that when I started programming I was exposed to “hexadecimal” (e.g. HTML character references can use decimal or hexadecimal numbers) before understanding the generic principle of bases for numbers, so I’m sympathetic to the request. Terry, Sandro, do

[issue13799] Base 16 should be hexadecimal in Unicode HOWTO

2012-02-03 Thread Éric Araujo
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[issue13799] Base 16 should be hexadecimal in Unicode HOWTO

2012-01-20 Thread Terry J. Reedy
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[issue13799] Base 16 should be hexadecimal in Unicode HOWTO

2012-01-17 Thread Ezio Melotti
Ezio Melotti added the comment: Do you mean the "base 16" in this sentence: "A code point is an integer value, usually denoted in base 16."? Why would "hexadecimal" be better than "base 16"? -- assignee: docs@python -> ezio.melotti nosy: +ezio.melotti versions: -Python 2.6, Python 3.1

[issue13799] Base 16 should be hexadecimal in Unicode HOWTO

2012-01-16 Thread Ramchandra Apte
New submission from Ramchandra Apte : "base 16" should be "hexadecimal" in the Unicode HOWTO in both Python 2 and 3 docs. -- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 151354 nosy: docs@python, ramchandra.apte priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Base 16