[Python-Dev] Decimal(unicode)

[Alex Martelli]

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
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>  Since we have some strong use cases at least for the bytes->int case,
>  consistency then suggests that the other numeric types should all accept
>  bytes as well (interpreting them as ASCII encoded strings).

+1 -- it seems very practical as well as consistent, and I see no downsides.


Alex