[Python-Dev] str(1L) -> '1' ?

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Guido van Rossum wrote:
> 
> [Jim F]
> > In November there was an interesting discussion on comp.lang.python
> > about the meaning of __str__ and __repr__.  One tidbit that came out
> > of this discussion was that __str__ for longs should drop the trailing
> > 'L'. Was there a decision on this? I'd really like this to happen.
> 
> Yes, I'd like it to happen.  I'd also like repr() of a float to return
> the full precision (using the "%.17g" sprintf format).

While we're at it: how about adding a PyLong_AsString() API
to the C interface ? I currently use PyObject_Str() in mxODBC
and then slice off the 'L' -- not very elegant. A PyLong_AsString()
API would much better suit the task.

Merry Christmas,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
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