On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 12:05:35AM -0000, MarylandBall Productions wrote: > I would think `~string` could be good for a shorthand way to convert a > string to an integer, considering you’re “inverting” the string to > another type
How is `int(string, 16)` "inverting"? Inverting means to flip or reverse, not to convert to another type. Even if it did, why convert to an int, rather than a float, or a list, or bytes, or any other type? You could maybe make an argument for ~"Hello" to invert it by reversing horizontally "olleH" but even that would be pretty weak. > ~string will be a confusing operation to many users. I think it would be *all* users. I doubt that anyone could predict that the ~ operator converts to int using base 16 just by looking at the expression in isolation. -- Steve _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/37NB6VW37OS4FBJ2EDG6XTJNCI6S6B53/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
