[Python-3000] New built-in function: bin()

[Ian Bicking]

Guido van Rossum wrote:
> This has been brought up many times before. The value of bin() is
> really rather minimal except when you're just learning about binary
> numbers; and then writing it yourself is a useful exercise.
> 
> I'm not saying that bin() is useless -- but IMO its (small) value
> doesn't warrant making, maintaining and documenting a new built-in
> function.

And for some reason no one wants to propose it for any particular stdlib 
module...

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