[Python-Dev] PEP 460: allowing %d and %f and mojibake

Serhiy Storchaka storchaka at gmail.com
Sat Jan 11 22:01:05 CET 2014


11.01.14 21:40, Kristján Valur Jónsson написав(ла):
> How about a compromise?
> Personally, I think adding the full complement of integer/float formatting to bytes is a bit over the top.
> How about just supporting two format specifiers?
> %b : interpolate a bytes object.  If it doesn't have the buffer interface, error.
> %s : interpolate a str object, encoded to ASCII using 'strict' conversion.

%b is not supported in Python 2.7. And compatibility with Python 2.7 is 
only the purpose of this feature.



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