Schüle Daniel wrote:
> however we lack the reverse functionality
> the logical
>
> >>> str(10,2)
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "", line 1, in ?
> TypeError: str() takes at most 1 argument (2 given)
> >>>
>
> fails
>
> it would not break anything if str interface would be change
Hello
what I sometimes miss in Python is the possibility to
switch tha base of a number
for example this is how it's done in Ruby
irb(main):099:0* a = 10.to_s(2)
=> "1010"
irb(main):100:0> a.to_i(2)
=> 10
irb(main):101:0>
irb(main):102:0* a = 10.to_s(3)
=> "101"
irb(main):103:0> a.to_i(3)
=> 10