[Python-Dev] %b format?
Eric S. Raymond
esr@thyrsus.com
Wed, 30 May 2001 17:28:38 -0400
Greg Wilson <Greg.Wilson@baltimore.com>:
> I would like to add a "%b" format for converting
> numbers to binary format (1's and 0's). I realize
> this isn't a C-ism, but it would be very useful for
> teaching purposes, as newcomers find 101101 a lot
> easier to understand than 0x2D.
>
> Reactions?
+1. Didactically pretty useful, and the additional code won't boost
global complexity much.
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