[Python-Dev] str with base

[Donovan Baarda]

On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 01:03 -0500, Barry Warsaw wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 20:49 -0800, Bob Ippolito wrote:
> 
> > The only bases I've ever really had a good use for are 2, 8, 10, and  
> > 16.  There are currently formatting codes for 8 (o), 10 (d, u), and  
> > 16 (x, X).  Why not just add a string format code for unsigned  
> > binary?  The obvious choice is probably "b".
> > 
> > For example:
> > 
> >  >>> '%08b' % (12)
> > '00001100'
> >  >>> '%b' % (12)
> > '1100'
> 
> +1

+1 me too.

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Donovan Baarda <abo at minkirri.apana.org.au>
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