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

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Fri Jun 27 03:11:27 CEST 2008


Raymond Hettinger wrote:
> To me, the one obvious way to convert a number to a 
> eval-able string in a different base is to use bin(), oct(), or hex().  

What use cases are there for an eval-able representation
of a float in those bases, as opposed to a human-readable
one?

-- 
Greg


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