[Python-Dev] sys.intern should work on bytes

[Antoine Pitrou]

Le Fri, 20 Sep 2013 13:19:24 +0200,
Jesus Cea <jcea at jcea.es> a écrit :
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> """
> sys.intern(b'12121212')
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> TypeError: must be str, not bytes
> """
> 
> I wonder why.

From http://docs.python.org/3.3/library/sys.html#sys.intern

"""sys.intern(string)

    Enter string in the table of “interned” strings and return the
    interned string [...]"""


In Python 3 context, "string" means "str".

Regards

Antoine.