[issue23467] Improve byte formatting compatibility between Py2 and Py3

Ethan Furman added the comment: Added in https://hg.python.org/peps/rev/7fe79194a4f2 -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue23467 ___

[issue23467] Improve byte formatting compatibility between Py2 and Py3

STINNER Victor added the comment: You should also update the PEP 461. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue23467 ___ ___

[issue23467] Improve byte formatting compatibility between Py2 and Py3

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 611fa301b807 by Ethan Furman in branch 'default': Close issue23467: add %r compatibility to bytes and bytearray https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/611fa301b807 -- nosy: +python-dev resolution: - fixed stage: - resolved status: open -

[issue23467] Improve byte formatting compatibility between Py2 and Py3

Changes by Giampaolo Rodola' g.rod...@gmail.com: -- nosy: +giampaolo.rodola ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue23467 ___ ___

[issue23467] Improve byte formatting compatibility between Py2 and Py3

STINNER Victor added the comment: As far as bytes formatting supports the %s code (an alias to %b) purely for compatibility with Python 2, it would be good to support the %r as an alias to %a. I don't like this idea. -- nosy: +haypo ___ Python

[issue23467] Improve byte formatting compatibility between Py2 and Py3

New submission from Serhiy Storchaka: The main motivation of PEP 461 was to help ease migration from, and/or have a single code base with, Python 2. But bytes formatting don't support the %r code supported in Python 2. Instead it supports the %a code which is exactly equivalent to the %r code

[issue23467] Improve byte formatting compatibility between Py2 and Py3

Guido van Rossum added the comment: Yeah, we probably got carried away by purity concerns. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue23467 ___

[issue23467] Improve byte formatting compatibility between Py2 and Py3

Ethan Furman added the comment: Sometimes practicality wins; it's why we allow %s, and we should also allow %r. Both %s and %r need to be clearly documented as an aid to Py2/3 code bases, and not recommended for new code. Serhiy, do you have time to take of this? --

[issue23467] Improve byte formatting compatibility between Py2 and Py3

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: The implementation is easy -- just add case 'r': before case 'a':. The hard (to me) part is the documentation, so that I'm out of the game. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org

[issue23467] Improve byte formatting compatibility between Py2 and Py3

Changes by Ethan Furman et...@stoneleaf.us: -- assignee: - ethan.furman ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue23467 ___ ___