[issue19995] hex() and %x, oct() and %o do not behave the same

[Ethan Furman]

Ethan Furman added the comment:

Antoine Pitrou opined:
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> I'm with Guido: it doesn't really make sense to allow __index__ but not __int__ on
> a type. So trying __index__ in str.format() sounds like a distraction.

  --> hex(3.14)  # calls __index__
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  TypeError: 'float' object cannot be interpreted as an integer

  --> '%x' % 3.14  # calls __int__
  '3'

One of those behaviours is wrong.  Which?

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