[Python-Dev] Pre-PEP: The "bytes" object
Greg Ewing
greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Tue Feb 28 07:03:06 CET 2006
Jason Orendorff wrote:
> I like these promises:
> - bytes(arg) works like array.array('b', arg)
> - bytes(arg1, arg2) works like bytes(arg1.encode(arg2))
+1. That's exactly how I think it should work, too.
> I dislike these promises:
> - bytes(s, [ignored]), where s is a str, works like array.array('b', s)
> - bytes(u, [encoding]), where u is a unicode,
> works like bytes(u.encode(encoding))
Agreed.
Greg
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