May 31, 2011
9:32 a.m.
Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
But even as a separate type, 'ascii' still can't mix with bytes safely,
Yes, it can, because it's also bytes. :-) If you're using the special ascii type at all, rather than an ordinary str, it's precisely because you want to mix it with bytes. Making that part hard would defeat the purpose, -- Greg