> > You can't have bytes as keys - the type isn't hashable... > > That's why people keep arguing for an immutable bytes types. I keep > seeing long discussions that end up with a tortured mechanism for making > the keys unicode. Why don't we just bite the bullet and make things > easier and have the immutable bytes type?
It's a pretty horrible hole (IMO) that a sequence of bytes isn't hashable. If we need the immutable bytes type, or some attribute on the regular bytes type akin to the C "const", let's add it now before the insanity gets out of control. Bill _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
