Barry A. Warsaw <ba...@python.org> added the comment: On Sep 13, 2021, at 13:38, STINNER Victor <rep...@bugs.python.org> wrote: > It seems like your proposal is mostly guided by: convert an int to a byte > (bytes string of length 1). IMO this case is special enough to justify the > usage of a different function.
Like bchr() ? <wink> > What if people expect int.to_bytes() always return a single byte, but then > get two bytes by mistake? > > ch = 256 > byte = ch.to_bytes() The OverflowError you’ll get seems reasonable. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue45155> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
