On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 9:51 PM elas tica <elassti...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > However, in this case, the general information in the docs is > > absolutely sufficient, and the basic principle that the repr should > > (where possible) be a valid literal should explain what's needed. > > > This is a subjective statement. Recall: explicit is better implicit. Alas, > many parts of the Python docs are written in a conversational style, full of > implicit and fuzzy meanings.
Is there an actual problem here, or are you just looking for something to pick a hole in? Are you asking if a hypothetical alternate Python implementation is allowed to have int(16) return "0x10" ? Common sense should be a thing. Use it. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
