Guido van Rossum wrote: > > [Jim F] > > In November there was an interesting discussion on comp.lang.python > > about the meaning of __str__ and __repr__. One tidbit that came out > > of this discussion was that __str__ for longs should drop the trailing > > 'L'. Was there a decision on this? I'd really like this to happen. > > Yes, I'd like it to happen. I'd also like repr() of a float to return > the full precision (using the "%.17g" sprintf format). While we're at it: how about adding a PyLong_AsString() API to the C interface ? I currently use PyObject_Str() in mxODBC and then slice off the 'L' -- not very elegant. A PyLong_AsString() API would much better suit the task. Merry Christmas, -- Marc-Andre Lemburg ______________________________________________________________________ Y2000: 7 days left Business: http://www.lemburg.com/ Python Pages: http://www.lemburg.com/python/
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