On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:29:47 -0400, J. Cliff Dyer wrote: > Ben Finney wrote: >> So, the original poster might get further by proposing an '0dNNN.NNN' >> syntax for 'decimal.Decimal' literals. > It would rather be remarkably inconsistent and confusing. > > Python 3.0a1 (py3k:57844, Aug 31 2007, 16:54:27) [MSC v.1310 32 bit > (Intel)] on win32 > <snip> >>>> type(0b1) > <type 'int'> >>>> type(0o1) > <type 'int'> >>>> type(0x1) > <type 'int'> >>>> assert 0b1 is 0x1 >>>>
That this doesn't raise `AssertionError` is an implementation detail. It's not guaranteed the two objects are really the same. Ciao, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list