[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... > In Mythical Future Python I would like to be able to use any base in > integer literals, which would be better. Example random syntax:
> flags= 2x00011010101001 > umask= 8x664 > answer= 10x42 > addr= 16x0E800004 # 16x == 0x > gunk= 36x8H6Z9A0X I'd prefer using the leftmost character as a two's complement extension bit. 0x1 : 1 in hex notation 1xf : -1 in hex notation, or conceptually an infinitely long string of 1s 0c12 : 10 in octal noataion 1c12 : -54 in octal (I think) 0d12 : 12 in decimal 0b10 : 2 in binary etc I leave it to the reader to decide whether I'm joking. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list