Would you mind reading the rest of *this* thread on python-dev and respond to the discussion about the design of the feature?
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 4:24 AM, Raymond Hettinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "Guido van Rossum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> I don't care about the details of the patch until we have agreement >> about which form the feature should take. We don't have that agreement >> yet. > > Updated to the patch to address everyone's review comments: > http://bugs.python.org/file10742/float8.diff > > * Alexander Belopolsky requested exponential notation instead of potentially > very long strings of bits. Done > > * Alexander Belopolsky requested true mathematical radix 2 representation > of a float rather than its 64-bit memory layout. Done > > * Antoine Pitrou requested that hex() and oct() be supported as well as > bin(). Terry J. Reedy also requested support for hex(). Done. > > * Alexander Belopolsky and Alexandre Vassalotti requested that the output be > a two-way street -- something that can be round-tripped through eval(). > Done. > > * Amaury Forgeot d'Arc requested that the implementation not manipulate C > strings inplace. Fixed -- used PyUnicode_FromFormat() instead. > > * Amaury Forgeot d'Arc requested that tests should check if negative numbers > have the same representation as their absolute value. Done. > > * Mark Dickinson requested sign preserving output for bin(-0.0). We > couldn't find a clean way to do this without a special cased output format. > > * Mark Dickinson reviewed the NaN/Inf handling. Done. > > * Eric Smith requested that the routine be attached to _PyFloat_to_base() > instead of attaching to __bin__, __oct__, and __hex__. Done. > > * Guido requested that the docs be updated. Done. > > * Guido requested that the globally visible C API function name be prefixed > with _Py. Done. > > * Mark Dickinson requested normalizing output to start with a 1 so that > nearby values have similar reprs. Done. > > > Raymond > -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ 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
