Jack Diederich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > However... if %b were to represent arbitrary bases, I think that's > > backwards. It should be %[<pad>][.<base>]b, which would do this: > > > > >>> '%08b %08o %08d %08x' % 12 > > '00001100 00000014 00000012 0000000C' > > > > Were I BDFAD (not to be confused with BD-FOAD) I'd add %b, %B and, binary() > to match %x, %X, and hex(). The arbitrary base case isn't even academic > or we would see homework questions about it on c.l.py. No one asks about > hex or octal because they are there. No one asks about base seven > formatting because everyone knows numerologists prefer Perl.
BTW, Perl already do binary literals and %b formatting so there is some precedence for it: $ perl -e '$a = 0b1100; printf "%08b %08o %08d %08x\n", $a, $a, $a, $a' 00001100 00000014 00000012 0000000c --Gisle _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
