"convert" string to bytes without changing data (encoding)

[Ross Ridge]

Steven D'Aprano  <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
>Your reaction is to make an equally unjustified estimate of Evan's 
>mindset, namely that he is not just wrong about you, but *deliberately 
>and maliciously* lying about you in the full knowledge that he is wrong. 

No, Evan in his own words admitted that his post was ment to be harsh,
"a bit harsher than it deserves", showing his malicious intent.  He made
accusations that where neither supported by anything I've said in this
thread nor by the code I actually write.  His accusation about me were
completely made up, he was not telling the truth and had no reasonable
basis to beleive he was telling the truth.  He was malicously lying and
I'm completely justified in saying so.

Just to make it clear to all you zealots.  I've not once advocated writing
any sort "risky code" in this thread.  I have not once advocated writing
any style of code in thread.  Just because I refuse to drink the "it's
impossible to represent strings as a series of bytes" kool-aid does't mean
that I'm a heretic that must oppose against everything you believe in.

					Ross Ridge

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