[Python-Dev] str with base

[Steve Holden]

Jason Orendorff wrote:
> On 1/18/06, Donovan Baarda <abo at minkirri.apana.org.au> wrote:
> 
>>I think supporting arbitrary bases for floats is way overkill and not
>>worth considering.
> 
> 
> If you mean actual base-3 floating-point arithmetic, I agree.  That's
> outlandish.
> 
> But if there were a stdlib function to format floats losslessly in hex
> or binary, Tim Peters would use it at least once every six weeks to
> illustrate the finer points of floating point arithmetic. <0.00390625
> wink>
> 
> +1.0
> 
Nah, Tim's got the chops to use the struct model to get his point across.

regards
  Steve
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