[Python-3000] Unicode and OS strings

[Aahz]

On Sat, Sep 15, 2007, Paul Moore wrote:
> On 15/09/2007, Gregory P. Smith <greg at krypto.org> wrote:
>>
>> similarly for the environment.  os.environ dict
>> should be bytes object keys and values
> 
> You can't have bytes as keys - the type isn't hashable...

That's why people keep arguing for an immutable bytes types.  I keep
seeing long discussions that end up with a tortured mechanism for making
the keys unicode.  Why don't we just bite the bullet and make things
easier and have the immutable bytes type?
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