On Tue, Jan 17, 2006, Guido van Rossum wrote: > On 1/17/06, Bob Ippolito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> The difference between hex() and oct() and the proposed binary() is > > I'd propose bin() to stay in line with the short abbreviated names.
There has been some previous discussion about removing hex()/oct() from builtins for Python 3.0, IIRC. I sure don't think bin() belongs there. > The binary type should have a 0b prefix. -0 on adding a new prefix; +1 on this syntax if we do. -- Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "19. A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing." --Alan Perlis _______________________________________________ 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
