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authorMark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com>2013-01-27 10:17:52 (GMT)
committerMark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com>2013-01-27 10:17:52 (GMT)
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Issue #16772: in int(x, base), non-integer bases must have an __index__ method.
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@@ -665,6 +665,12 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
The integer type is described in :ref:`typesnumeric`.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.4
+ If *base* is not an instance of :class:`int` and the *base* object has a
+ :meth:`base.__index__ <object.__index__>` method, that method is called
+ to obtain an integer for the base. Previous versions used
+ :meth:`base.__int__ <object.__int__>` instead of :meth:`base.__index__
+ <object.__index__>`.
.. function:: isinstance(object, classinfo)