[Python-Dev] bytes.from_hex() [Was: PEP 332 revival in coordination with pep 349?] (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Fri Feb 17 21:35:25 CET 2006


M.-A. Lemburg wrote:

Just because some codecs don't fit into the string.decode() or bytes.encode() scenario doesn't mean that these codecs are useless or that the methods should be banned.

No. The reason to ban string.decode and bytes.encode is that it confuses users.

Regards, Martin



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