[Python-3000] Immutable bytes type and dbm modules

[Greg Ewing]

Jeffrey Yasskin wrote:
> If you have mutable bytes and need an
> immutable object, you could 1) convert it to an int (probably
> big-endian),

That's not a reversible transformation, because you lose
information about leading zero bits.

> 4) use the deprecated str8 type

Which won't exist in Py3k, so it'll be a bit hard to use...

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Greg