On 7/18/2013 9:15 AM, Ezio Melotti wrote:
In 3.x
"string" means "str", "bytes" means "bytes", "bytes-like object" means "any object that supports the buffer protocol" [0] (including bytes). "string and bytes-like object" includes all of them. I don't think we need to introduce new terms.
I agree. We just need to use them consistently, and update docs carried over without change from 2.x (like re doc), where 'string' meant 'unicode or str (bytes)' or even 'unicode and bytes-like'.
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