From: Gustavo Niemeyer <gustavo@niemeyer.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:13:40 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Mention in the int() docstring that a base zero has meaning, as
X-Git-Tag: v2.6a1~2299
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a443bc8ec789b2818a820a49cbdab7e1369baeb5;p=python

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.
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diff --git a/Objects/intobject.c b/Objects/intobject.c
index 8aa8d0b39c..dedc4776ba 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*/