[Python-Dev] PEP 461: Adding % formatting to bytes and bytearray -- Final, Take 3

[Terry Reedy]

On 3/29/2014 8:28 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote:

> The "future" project already contains a full backport of a true bytes
> type, rather than relying on Python 2 str objects:
> http://python-future.org/what_else.html#bytes

That project looks really nice!

> It seems to me that the easiest way to make any forthcoming Python 3.5
> enhancements (both binary interpolation and the other cleanups we are
> discussing over on Python ideas) available to single source 2/3 code
> bases is to commit to an API freeze for *those particular builtins*
> early, and then update "future" accordingly.

I agree. I think syntax changes should be in by the first alpha, if not 
before.

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Terry Jan Reedy