Luke Paireepinart wrote: > I was trying to make it clear that Python wasn't directly accessing the > binary from memory with this function Carlos had. > The function just mathematically converted a base-10 number into a > base-2 number.
No. It converts a binary representation of a number into a string representation of the binary representation of the number. There is no base-10 number involved. > > Anyway, I just wanted to make sure that Carlos knew that python wasn't > directly copying the binary representation from memory into a list, > Python was getting the base-10 integer representation out of the binary, No, there is no base-10 representation anywhere in Carlos' program, at least not on any computer he is likely to be using to run the program. > and then the function converted this back again into base2 using > binary shifts. I.E. the sentence 'copy binary numbers from memory' made > me think Carlos thought the binary was directly copied into a list. > I also clarified that it's not a 'module' it's a function. > > Am I still confused, Kent? Yes. Maybe someone else can explain better than me? Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
