[New-bugs-announce] [issue31225] allow hashlib `update' to accept str

[ksqsf]

New submission from ksqsf:

It'll be nice if `update' can accept str directly, rather than str.encode first.

One of the most common use cases is "m.update(s.encode())", so it shouldn't make a big difference to just use "m.update(s)"; after all, users who want to specify encoding explicitly can still do so.

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 300406
nosy: ksqsf
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: allow hashlib `update' to accept str
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.6

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