[Python-Dev] str with base

[Guido van Rossum]

On 1/17/06, Alex Martelli <aleaxit at gmail.com> wrote:
> OK, so, should I just submit a patch?

Hmm, there are quite a few people who strongly dislike the particular
API you're proposing. The problem is, bright newbies might be led to
wanting str(i, base) as an analogy to int(s, base) only because they
see str() and int() as each other's opposites, not having seen other
uses of either (especially str()).

Given the amount of disagreement on this issue and my own lackluster
interest I don't want to pronounce str(i, base) to be the right
solution. Sorry!

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