[Python-Dev] Re: adding a bytes sequence type to Python

Anthony Baxter anthony at interlink.com.au
Tue Aug 17 09:17:13 CEST 2004


Martin v. Löwis wrote:
> The current question is whether you want to denote objects of
> the byte string type *in source code*. I.e. do you have the "Lots
> of audio data" stored in .py files?

Generally, no - with the exception of test cases. In that case, I
often end up with byte literals in the source code. (To check that
a particular en/de coding operation Did The Right Thing).

Anthony


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