[Python-Dev] The bytes type

[Michael Foord]

Terry Reedy wrote:
> "A.M. Kuchling" <amk at amk.ca> wrote in message 
> news:20070112182248.GA15187 at localhost.localdomain...
> | [*] Anyone else keep wanting to write "byte type"?
>
> All the other builtin types I can think of are singular.  So I think byte 
> should be also. 
>
>   
The string holds 'a string' (singular), the bytes datatype will hold 
'bytes' plural. Bytes is more accurate and I would stumble over byte.

Michael Foord

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