[Python-3000] about bytes

[Facundo Batista]

2008/6/26 Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net>:

> Yes. Bytes objects are sequences of bytes, which are integers.
> So, in short, this is the way they work.

I think that the OP confusion comes from the representation.

We have a data type called bytes. They are sequences of bytes. So, I build one:

>>> b = bytes((72, 105))


Then I check:

>>> b[0]
72
>>> b[1]
105


Great! But:

>>> b
b'Hi'


Why I see two letters? Wasn't them bytes? :o

I know that is great to represent bytes between 32 and 127 as letters,
and this has several compatibility details, but I think that the
surprise comes from that place.

If the behaviour were the following....

>>> b
b((72, 105))

...it would be less surprising.

Regards,

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