Numeric supports base 8, 10, 16 but not 2 -- why?

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+1

On Sun, Dec 6, 2020, 12:07 Oleg Grenrus <oleg.grenrus at iki.fi> wrote:

> +1
> On 6.12.2020 20.04, David Feuer wrote:
>
> Agreed!
>
> On Sun, Dec 6, 2020, 1:03 PM Artem Pelenitsyn <a.pelenitsyn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Libraries,
>>
>> I noticed the Numeric module has special-cased functions to read and show
>> integral types in bases 8, 10, 16 but not for base 2. There are also
>> generic-over-base versions, so an interested client can implement the
>> special case for base 2 themselves with little hassle. Still, I think base
>> 2 is common enough that we could support it along with base 8, 10, 16 out
>> of the box.
>>
>> What do you think? I'm happy to submit a merge request if you concur.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Artem Pelenitsyn
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