Guido van Rossum wrote: > I also wonder if having a b"..." literal would just add more confusion > -- bytes are not characters, but b"..." makes it appear as if they > are.
I'm inclined to agree. Bytes objects are more likely to be used for things which are *not* characters -- if they're characters, they would be better kept in strings or char arrays. +1 on any eventual bytes literal looking completely different from a string literal. Greg _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
