[Python-Dev] methods on the bytes object

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Josiah Carlson wrote:
> Specifically in the case of bytes.join(), the current common use-case of
> <literal>.join(...) would become something similar to
> bytes(<literal>).join(...), unless bytes objects got a syntax... Or
> maybe I'm missing something?

I think what you are missing is that algorithms that currently operate
on byte strings should be reformulated to operate on character strings,
not reformulated to operate on bytes objects.

Regards,
Martin