"Byte" type?

Steve Holden steve at holdenweb.com
Sun Feb 15 10:32:33 EST 2009


Benjamin Peterson wrote:
> Steve Holden <steve <at> holdenweb.com> writes:
>> Beware, also, that in 2.6 the "bytes" type is essentially an ugly hack
>> to enable easier forward compatibility with the 3.X series ...
> 
> It's not an ugly hack. It just isn't all that you might hope it'd live up to be.
> 
I take it back
It's not an ugly hack
It's just an aliased type

regards
 Steve
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