[Python-Dev] Python 3.x and bytes

[Georg Brandl]

On 19.05.2011 00:39, Greg Ewing wrote:
> Ethan Furman wrote:
> 
>> some_var[3] == b'd'
>> 
>> 1) a check to see if the bytes instance is length 1
>> 2) a check to see if
>>    i) the other object is an int, and
>>    2) 0 <= other_obj < 256
>> 3) if 1 and 2, make the comparison instead of returning NotImplemented?
> 
> It might seem convenient, but I'd worry that it would lead to
> even more confusion in other ways. If someone sees that
> 
>     some_var[3] == b'd'
> 
> is true, and that
> 
>     some_var[3] == 100
> 
> is also true, they might expect to be able to do things
> like
> 
>     n = b'd' + 1
> 
> and get 101... or maybe b'e'...

Maybe they should :)

Georg