New submission from MechPaul <mechp...@gmail.com>: As it stands right now, bin() only shows the minimum number of bits to display the number, however I think having a "Total Bits" argument would be very, very useful for bin().
bin(value, [Total bits to display]) "Total bits to display" is an integer. Here's how it should work: >>> bin(0x7F) '0b1111111' >>> #Note, there are seven 1's there to represent the value 127 >>> bin(0x7F, 8) '0b01111111' >>> #Now there are eight bits displayed. >>> bin(0xFF, 16) '0b0000000011111111' >>> #This makes it a lot easier to read and compare binary numbers! ---------- components: Interpreter Core messages: 85956 nosy: MechPaul severity: normal status: open title: Allow bin() to have an optional "Total Bits" argument. type: feature request versions: Python 3.1 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue5749> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
