int <-> str asymmetric

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Sch=FCle_Daniel?=]

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

the Python int-Function behaves similar
however we lack the reverse functionality
the logical
Traceback (most recent call last):

fails

it would not break anything if str interface would be changed
what do you think?
Is this already proposed or maybe implemented in 2.5?

Regards, Daniel

 

[Steven Bethard]

however we lack the reverse functionality
the logical

Traceback (most recent call last):


fails

it would not break anything if str interface would be changed
what do you think?
Is this already proposed or maybe implemented in 2.5?

It's been proposed:

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-January/059789.html

But it didn't look like there was a resolution.

Steve