[Python-Dev] s/bytes/octet/ [Was:Re: bytes.from_hex() [Was: PEP332 revival in coordination with pep 349?]]

[Raymond Hettinger]

> Speaking of which, I suspect it'll be a lot more common to need integer
> objects in the full range [0, 255] than it is now.
> 
> Perhaps we should extend the pre-allocated integer objects to cover the
> full byte range.

+1