[Python-ideas] Fixing the Python 3 bytes constructor

[Nick Coghlan]

On 4 Apr 2014 05:03, "Serhiy Storchaka" <storchaka at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 02.04.14 14:40, Nick Coghlan написав(ла):
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>> I thought of that, but it seems like a recipe for typos and confusion.
>> bytes.byte and bytearray.byte seem clearer and safer.
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> bytearray.byte looks deceptive. It returns not a byte, but 1-element
bytearray.
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> I doubt that creating 1-element bytearray is enough often case to add new
special method (unlike to bytes.byte).

I actually agree, but Guido preferred the greater API consistency. Since
I'm only -0 on bytearray.byte, I don't have much motivation to argue about
it.

Cheers,
Nick.

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