string.atoi and string.atol broken?

[Peter Otten]

Dan Bishop wrote:

>> def itoa(n, base):
>>assert 2 <= base <= 16
> 
> Why have the restriction base <= 16?  int() allows up to 36.  All you
> need to do is
> 
> BASE36_DIGITS = string.digits + string.lowercase

For no other reason than carelessness. I have not yet seen anything beyond
base-16 in the wild.

By the way, does anyone know the Greek name for 36?

Peter