[Python-Dev] str with base

[Jeremy Hylton]

On 1/19/06, Aahz <aahz at pythoncraft.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 19, 2006, Jeremy Hylton wrote:
> >
> > I'm not sure I believe this should be a builtin.  I think the
> > threshold for new builtins ought to be nearly as high as the threshold
> > for new keywords.  Or the proposer ought to make an argument about
> > what the function should not go in a module.
>
> The way I'd put it, any function that wants to go in builtins should
> require a formal PEP.

I'm suggesting a criterion for evaluating the choice of builtin vs.
module, not making a suggestion about the process.

Jeremy