[Python-Dev] str with base

[Fredrik Lundh]

Guido van Rossum wrote:

> I think we ought to let this sit for a while and come back to it in a
> few week's time. Is 'base' really the right name? It could just as
> well be considered a conversion in the other direction.

the same applies to hex and oct, of course.

as for base itself, I'm more concerned about the google product place-
ment here.  what's next?  a froogle builtin?

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