[Python-ideas] int('0x3241fca1')

[Terry Reedy]

On 2/6/2014 5:24 AM, Ram Rachum wrote:
> What do you think about letting the `int` constructor automatically
> understand the number type without specifying base if given a prefix, so
> int('0x3414fa') would immediately work without specifying a base of 16?

In addition to int(string, 0):

 >>> number = '0x3414fa'
 >>> eval(number)
3413242

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Terry Jan Reedy