[Python-3000] Immutable bytes -- looking for volunteer (original) (raw)
Neil Schemenauer nas at arctrix.com
Thu Sep 27 17:55:30 CEST 2007
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Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
However there's quite a bit of Python 2.x code around that manipulates bytes in the guise of 8-bit strings, and it uses tests like "if s[0] == 'x': ..." frequently.
I think it would be useful to do a survey and see how much code would be affected and the effect on readability.
Neil
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