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  r67060 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-10-30 17:39:25 -0500 (Thu, 30 Oct 2008) | 1 line

  backport bin() documentation
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  r67061 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-10-30 17:44:18 -0500 (Thu, 30 Oct 2008) | 1 line

  finish backporting binary literals and new octal literals docs
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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
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--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
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@@ -112,6 +112,15 @@
    .. versionadded:: 2.3
 
 
+.. function:: bin(x)
+
+   Convert an integer number to a binary string. The result is a valid Python
+   expression.  If *x* is not a Python :class:`int` object, it has to define an
+   :meth:`__index__` method that returns an integer.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 2.6
+
+
 .. function:: bool([x])
 
    Convert a value to a Boolean, using the standard truth testing procedure.  If