From a443bc8ec789b2818a820a49cbdab7e1369baeb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gustavo Niemeyer Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:13:40 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Mention in the int() docstring that a base zero has meaning, as stated in http://docs.python.org/lib/built-in-funcs.html as well. --- Objects/intobject.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Objects/intobject.c b/Objects/intobject.c index 8aa8d0b39c3..dedc4776baf 100644 --- a/Objects/intobject.c +++ b/Objects/intobject.c @@ -1070,8 +1070,9 @@ Convert a string or number to an integer, if possible. A floating point\n\ argument will be truncated towards zero (this does not include a string\n\ representation of a floating point number!) When converting a string, use\n\ the optional base. It is an error to supply a base when converting a\n\ -non-string. If the argument is outside the integer range a long object\n\ -will be returned instead."); +non-string. If base is zero, the proper base is guessed based on the\n\ +string content. If the argument is outside the integer range a\n\ +long object will be returned instead."); static PyNumberMethods int_as_number = { (binaryfunc)int_add, /*nb_add*/