[Python-Dev] %b format?

[Eric S. Raymond]

Tim Peters <tim.one@home.com>:
> -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).

Is the right answer to add the convert-to-base slot and deprecate the
other two?
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