On 19.05.2011 00:39, Greg Ewing wrote: > Ethan Furman wrote: > >> some_var[3] == b'd' >> >> 1) a check to see if the bytes instance is length 1 >> 2) a check to see if >> i) the other object is an int, and >> 2) 0 <= other_obj < 256 >> 3) if 1 and 2, make the comparison instead of returning NotImplemented? > > It might seem convenient, but I'd worry that it would lead to > even more confusion in other ways. If someone sees that > > some_var[3] == b'd' > > is true, and that > > some_var[3] == 100 > > is also true, they might expect to be able to do things > like > > n = b'd' + 1 > > and get 101... or maybe b'e'...
Maybe they should :) Georg _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
