It was written: > How is `int(string, 16)` "inverting"?
It's the inverse of f"{number:x}", of course. Mappings between types are ubiquitous, and (more or less) invertible ones are not uncommon. It's an honest question, but I suggest we let slightly odd usage, especially in scare quotes, pass. It's not essential to understand the proposal. 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/YQLAKAV7ZTTSNQDKVHYRX2RMKT7REUQP/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/