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 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
