May 30, 2001
9:50 p.m.
[Greg Wilson]
I would like to add a "%b" format for converting numbers to binary format (1's and 0's).
-0, due to compound lumpiness: hex() is to %x is to __hex__ as oct() is to %o is to __oct__ as nothing is to %b is to nothing. In that respect it's unfortunate that Python has distinct nb_oct and nb_hex slots in the PyNumberMethods struct (as opposed to a single parameterized "convert to base N string" method). [MAL]
Good idea. The only question I have is: in which order will you print the 0s and 1s (MSB->LSB, LSB->MSB, little/big endian) ?
I'm sure Greg has in mind only integers, in which case %x and %o already give the only useful <wink> answer.