[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r64424 - in python/trunk: Include/object.h Lib/test/test_sys.py Misc/NEWS Objects/intobject.c Objects/longobject.c Objects/typeobject.c Python/bltinmodule.c

[Eric Smith]

Guido van Rossum wrote:
>> The 3.0 approach means that non-float floating point types still can't be
>> displayed properly by bin()/oct()/hex().
> 
> Nor can float, AFAICT from the current 3.0 tree.

$ ./python
Python 3.0b1+ (py3k:64491:64497M, Jun 24 2008, 07:14:03)
[GCC 4.1.2 20070626 (Red Hat 4.1.2-13)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
 >>> bin(1.0)
'0b1 * 2.0 ** 0'
 >>>

>> The current 2.6 approach means
>> every such class has to implement its own equivalent of PyNumber_ToBase.
> 
> But that's not supposed to be a burden -- any type purporting to
> implement some kind of integer should implement __index__ anyway.
> (Unless I misunderstand what you mean by "equivalent of"?)

But apparently there's a desire to have bin(), oct(), and hex() support 
non-integer types.  See above, and issue 3008.  In 3.0, it's not 
possible to extend these to other types, because of the lack of __bin__, 
etc.  The test for float is hard coded in PyNumber_ToBase().

Eric.