[Python-ideas] str(<int>, base=<int>) as complement to int(<str>, base=<int>)

[Steven Bethard]

On 10/31/07, Christian Heimes <lists at cheimes.de> wrote:
> Python's int type has an optional argument base which allows people to
> specify a base for the conversion of a string to an integer.
>
> >>> int('101', 2)
> 5
> >>> int('a', 16)
> 10
>
> I've sometimes missed a way to reverse the process. How would you like
> an optional second argument to str() that takes an int from 2 to 36?
>
> >>> str(5, 2)
> '101'
> >>> str(10, 16)
> 'a'
>
> I know it's not a killer feature but it feels right to have a
> complement. How do you like the idea?

This was discussed before:

    http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-January/059789.html

Seemed like people liked the concept, but there was a fair debate
about syntax (should it be the str constructor, should it be an int
method, etc.)

Steve
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