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authorCajetan Rodrigues <caje731@gmail.com>2020-04-24 23:39:04 (GMT)
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bpo-40340: Separate examples more clearly in the programming FAQ (GH-19688)
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@@ -851,10 +851,11 @@ For integers, use the built-in :func:`int` type constructor, e.g. ``int('144')
e.g. ``float('144') == 144.0``.
By default, these interpret the number as decimal, so that ``int('0144') ==
-144`` and ``int('0x144')`` raises :exc:`ValueError`. ``int(string, base)`` takes
-the base to convert from as a second optional argument, so ``int('0x144', 16) ==
-324``. If the base is specified as 0, the number is interpreted using Python's
-rules: a leading '0o' indicates octal, and '0x' indicates a hex number.
+144`` holds true, and ``int('0x144')`` raises :exc:`ValueError`. ``int(string,
+base)`` takes the base to convert from as a second optional argument, so ``int(
+'0x144', 16) == 324``. If the base is specified as 0, the number is interpreted
+using Python's rules: a leading '0o' indicates octal, and '0x' indicates a hex
+number.
Do not use the built-in function :func:`eval` if all you need is to convert
strings to numbers. :func:`eval` will be significantly slower and it presents a