Christian Heimes wrote: > Guido van Rossum wrote: [...] >> I have no intention of rolling this back. It isn't compatible with >> 3.0, but then, 2.6 and 3.0 aren't in general meant to be compatible -- >> 2.6 is a stepping stone, but that's not the same thing. It is >> backwards compatible with prior versions because it is new in 2.6, so >> it shouldn't break old code. I have only limited sympathy for people >> who don't read documentation in this case. > > Maybe the documentation isn't clear enough what purpose the bytes alias > serves? I spent 5 minutes with the docs but I wasn't able to find a good > explanation of the bytes alias > Yes, I think all that's really needed is a clarification in the documentation. Just so people expect slightly kooky behavior of the kind originally noted.
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