Sept. 9, 2021
2:25 p.m.
On 9/9/21 1:55 AM, Nick Coghlan wrote:
`bytes.fromint` is still the inverse of `ord` for bytes objects, even without the `bchr` builtin alias. The spelling of the trio is just `ord`/`bytes.fromint`/`chr` rather than `ord`/`bchr`/`chr`. The fact the method throws an exception for integers that won't fit in a single byte is an input data validation feature, not an undesirable limitation.
I'm starting to think the name should be `bytes.bchr` -- it avoids any confusion with the `int.to_bytes` and `int.from_bytes` methods, and is an appropriate name for the target domain (where bytes are treated as characters). -- ~Ethan~