[Python-3000] PEP 3101 str.format() equivalent of '%#o/x/X'?

[Guido van Rossum]

On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 4:41 PM, wesley chun <wescpy at gmail.com> wrote:
> somewhat on-topic, can i hear from some of you as far as use-cases for
> oct() and hex() [plus bin()] in Python code?  i find "%x" or "%o" (and
> its variants) sufficient in serving my needs.  in other words, why
> oct() and hex() built-in functions instead of elsewhere like in
> operator for those who desire a functional interface?

I use oct() and hex() all the time at the interactive prompt when I
have a funny number given in decimal and wonder if it's really a magic
bit pattern.

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