[Python-ideas] Hexadecimal floating literals

[David Mertz]

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> Unrelated thought:  Users might be unsure if the exponent in a hexadecimal
> float is in decimal or in hex.


I was playing around with float.fromhex() for this thread, and the first
number I tried to spell used a hex exponent because that seemed like "the
obvious thing"... I figured it out quickly enough, but the actual spelling
feels less obvious to me.

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