[Python-3000] tp_bytes and bytes magic method (original) (raw)
Christian Heimes lists at cheimes.de
Fri Aug 10 10:57:26 CEST 2007
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Guido van Rossum wrote:
This could just as well be done using a method on that specific object. I don't think having to write x.asbytes() is worse than bytes(x), unless there are contexts where it's important to convert something to bytes without knowing what kind of thing it is. For str(), such a context exists: print(). For bytes(), I'm not so sure. The use cases given here seem to be either very specific to a certain class, or could be solved using other generic APIs like pickling.
I see your point. Since nobody else beside Victor and me are interested in bytes I retract my proposal. Thanks for your time.
Christian
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