Stefan Krah added the comment: To expand on what Mark said: If the proposed format code implicitly gives these results ...
>>> format(12 % 2**8, '08b') '00001100' >>> format(-12 % 2**8, '08b') '11110100' ..., would students not expect that these two operations have the same result? >>> 0b11110100 | 0b00001100 252 >>> >>> -12 | 12 -4 ---------- nosy: +skrah _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue30571> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
