[Python-3000] PEP 3127 (integer literal syntax) -- any takers?

[Georg Brandl]

Guido van Rossum schrieb:
> On 6/9/07, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:
>> Guido van Rossum schrieb:
>> > PEP 3127 (Integer Literal Support and Syntax) introduces new notations
>> > for octal and binary integers. This isn't implemented yet. Are there
>> > any takers? It shouldn't be particularly complicated.
>>
>> I have a patch lying around here which might be quite complete...
> 
> Cool!
> 
>> One thing that's unclear to me though: didn't we decide to drop the uppercase
>> string modfiers/number suffixes/prefixes?
> 
> In the end (doesn't the PEP confirms this?) we decided to keep them
> and make it a style rule instead. Some folks have generated data sets
> using uppercase.

The PEP lists it as an "Open Issue".

>> Also, I'm not sure what int() should do with "010".
> 
> int("010") should return (decimal) 10.
> int("010", 0) should raise ValueError.
> 
> I thought that was also in the PEP.

Yes, but rather than follow the PEP blindly, which might not have been updated
to the latest discussion results, asking can't hurt :)

> Anyway, with these tweaks, feel free to just check it in (well, if you
> also fix the standard library to use the new notation).

That should be easy enough.

Georg

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