[Python-Dev] Python 3.x and bytes
Georg Brandl
g.brandl at gmx.net
Wed May 18 21:47:43 CEST 2011
On 18.05.2011 21:06, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote:
>> Note that the more common idiom (not that I can measure it, mind)
>> when dealing with byte strings is something analogous to
>>
>> if my_byte_string[i:i+1] == b'x':
>>
>> rather than
>>
>> if my_byte_string[i] == 170:
>
> FWIW, Another spelling of this is
>
> if my_byte_string[i] == ord(b'x')
>
>>From a readability point, it's in the same category as the first one,
> but less twisted.
Probably more twisted:
if my_byte_string[i] == b'x'[0]:
:)
Georg
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