[Python-Dev] str with base

[Raymond Hettinger]

[Jeremy Hylton]
> The concept of base is closely related to ints, and the base argument
> is useful for a large percentage of the types that int accepts.  It is
> not related to strings, in general, and applies to only one of the
> types it accepts.  In one case "not a float, etc." applies to a very
> limited set of types, in the other case it applies to every
> conceivable type (except int).


That suggests that it would be better to simply add an int method:

     x.convert_to_base(7)


Raymond