> For binary representations, we already have the struct module to handle > the parsing, but for byte sequences with embedded ASCII digits it's > reasonably common practice to use strings along with the respective type > constructors.
Sure, but why can't you write foo = int(bar[start:stop].decode("ascii")) then? Explicit is better than implicit. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ 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