On 9/27/07, Neil Schemenauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > However there's quite a bit of Python 2.x code around that manipulates > > *bytes* in the guise of 8-bit strings, and it uses tests like "if s[0] > >== 'x': ..." frequently. > > I think it would be useful to do a survey and see how much code > would be affected and the effect on readability.
Agreed. Anyone interested in researching this? (Though at this point I'm pretty much ready to resolve the issue by choosing ints.) -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ 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
