Tim Peters <tim.one@home.com>:
> [Eric S. Raymond]
> > Is the right answer to add the convert-to-base slot and deprecate the
> > other two?
>
> That would fix "the other" lump here in Python, that e.g.
>
> >>> int("111", 3)
> 13
> >>>
>
> has no inverse. string->int is happy with any base in 2..36 inclusive, but
> int->string is spelled via 3 different builtins covering only 3 of those
> bases.
That sounds like a strong argument to me.
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