[Python-ideas] Hexadecimal floating literals

[Lucas Wiman]

On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 8:23 AM, Victor Stinner <victor.stinner at gmail.com>
wrote:

> While I was first in favor of extending the Python syntax, I changed
> my mind. Float constants written in hexadecimal is a (very?) rare use
> case, and there is already float.fromhex() available.
>
> A new syntax is something more to learn when you learn Python. Is it
> worth it? I don't think so. Very few people need to write hexadecimal
> constants in their code.
>

It is inconsistent that you can write hexadecimal integers but not floating
point numbers. Consistency in syntax is *fewer* things to learn, not more.
That said, I agree it's a rare use case, so it probably doesn't matter much
either way.

- Lucas
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