Nick Coghlan wrote:
Yuvgoog Greenle wrote:
Does anybody have any more use cases, ideas or suggestions? I'm getting the feeling this suggestion is +0 to most people and +1 for the rest. I'm pretty new to these mailing lists so does that mean a yes or a no?
A generally lukewarm response means a maybe :)
A positive response on python-ideas is still a maybe until the idea has subsequently also run the gauntlet of python-dev with actual code to back it up.
In this case, the status quo is:
str -> int (arbitrary base up to 36) via int() constructor (base "0" meaning Python literal format).
int -> str via str() (for decimal output), hex(), oct(), bin() and string formatting
So the currently unsupported use cases are limited to outputting numbers in bases between 3 and 36 that are not 8, 10 or 16.
You're probably going to have a hard time convincing anyone that those additional use cases are worth putting much effort into supporting (and even then, they're probably better off as a 3rd party library that can add things like support for integers in bases up to 62).
It's one of those ideas: Q: Do you think it's a good idea? A: Yes. Q: Do you think you'd use it? A: Probably not. :-)