Hey there,
The `int()` function allows to specify a base to convert from, for example:
>>> int("foo", 26)
10788
Which is documented as:
> The base defaults to 10. Valid bases are 0 and 2-36.
For other common bases functions exist in the base64 module in stdlib.
I often need other bases, or bases with custom alphabets. Doing so involves
a bit of code every time that I think could be generalized so I'd like to
propose
an `int.to_base()`, and `int.from_base`. These would not supercede or replace
any
current possibilities but extend and simplify current possibilities.
The signature(s) I had in mind for now are akin to:
> int.from_base(x, alphabet, padding_character)
and
> int.to_base(alphabet, padding_character)
Has any discussion on this been had previously (I searched around a bit), and if
not would this make a decent PEP?
Regards,
Simon
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