[Python-Dev] bytes.from_hex() [Was: PEP 332 revival in coordination with pep 349?]

[Thomas Heller]

Jason Orendorff wrote:
> Instead of byte literals, how about a classmethod bytes.from_hex(), which
> works like this:
> 
>   # two equivalent things
>   expected_md5_hash = bytes.from_hex('5c535024cac5199153e3834fe5c92e6a')

I hope this will also be equivalent:
>   expected_md5_hash = bytes.from_hex('5c 53 50 24 ca c5 19 91 53 e3 83 4f e5 c9 2e 6a')

Thomas