Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r64424 - inpython/trunk:Include/object.h Lib/test/test_sys.pyMisc/NEWSObjects/intobject.c Objects/longobject.cObjects/typeobject.cPython/bltinmodule.c

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Then I'd argue that the feature should be symmetric: If there is support for printing floating point numbers as hex, there should also be support for hex floating point literals.

[Mark]

I agree with this. Or at least support for hex floating point strings, if not literals.

ISTM, that the currently proposed output format gives us this benefit for free (no changes to the parser). The format is already close to the C99 notation but replaces the 'p' with '* 2.0 **' which I find to be both readable and self-explanatory. Raymond