On Sun, 2007-09-30 at 16:25 -0700, Guido van Rossum wrote: > [...] > (**Note:** in Python 3.0a1, comparing a bytes instance with a str > instance would raise TypeError, on the premise that this would catch > the occasional mistake quicker, especially in code ported from Python > 2.x. However, a long discussion on the python-3000 list pointed out > so many problems with this that it is clearly a bad idea, to be rolled > back in 3.0a2 regardless of the fate of the rest of this PEP.) > [...] > Like the bytes type in Python 3.0a1, and unlike the relationship > between str and unicode in Python 2.x, any attempt to mix bytes (or > buffer) objects and str objects without specifying an encoding will > raise a TypeError exception. This is the case even for simply > comparing a bytes or buffer object to a str object (even violating the > general rule that comparing objects of different types for equality > should just return False).
It appears that you didn't revise the latter paragraph after adding the former paragraph. -- Carsten Haese http://informixdb.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ 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
