Modified instructions of hexadecimal conversion by defining what is h…

Programming Python
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"Proposal: Improve hexadecimal conversion instructions

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PR for context: Modified instructions of hexadecimal conversion by defining what is h… by kamakshipal1-tech · Pull Request #4028 · exercism/python · GitHub

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How does the PR seek to improve the instructions? What was deficient about the current instructions?

Also, this is a practice exercise so the Python instructions are sourced from a shared repository that all 78 tracks pull from. Therefore, any changes if requested and approved by multiple maintainers should be to the problem specifications repository so all tracks can benefit.

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binary, trinary, octal and hexadecimal are all deprecated. They have been superseded by all-your-base. If I browse the python practice exercises in incognito mode, hexadecimal doesn’t even show up.

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Are you looking to write PRs in order to write PRs or are you trying to improve something on the site? That exercise doesn’t show up on the site :laughing:

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Python has had this exercise deprecated for at least four years. Only students that started the exercise before it was deprecated would still see the exercise. Of that group, how many might still be working on this exercise?

We don’t update the problem-specifications for deprecated exercises typically, and only C++ has this exercise available so it’s not worth the effort for a single track. I’ll open a separate thread in the C++ forum about whether maintainers want to deprecate hexadecimal since they already have all-your-base implemented.

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It’s worth maintainers checking other tracks for Binary, Trinary, Octal and Hexadecimal. I just realized that Trinary is active in Julia (though I’ll aim to remove it asap).

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As stated in the PR comments (which I submitted over 2 hours ago), this is a deprecated exercise on the track (for at least 3-4 years), and is not open for change or suggestions.

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Tracks with Binary
C
COBOL
C++
Pharo
Prolog
Visual Basic

Tracks with Trinary
8th
C++
Julia
Scheme

Tracks with Octal
Scheme

Tracks with Hexadecimal
Scheme

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julia/trinary is an ex-exercise (shuffled off this mortal coil, pushing up the daisies…)

Sorry, quoting Monty Python is a reflex for those of us who grew up in Britain in the early 1970’s.

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