[Python-Dev] Python 3.x and bytes

[Georg Brandl]

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