On 9/9/21 1:55 AM, Nick Coghlan wrote: > `bytes.fromint` is still the inverse of `ord` for bytes objects, even > without the `bchr` builtin alias. The spelling of the trio is just > `ord`/`bytes.fromint`/`chr` rather than `ord`/`bchr`/`chr`. The fact > the method throws an exception for integers that won't fit in a single > byte is an input data validation feature, not an undesirable > limitation.
I'm starting to think the name should be `bytes.bchr` -- it avoids any confusion with the `int.to_bytes` and `int.from_bytes` methods, and is an appropriate name for the target domain (where bytes are treated as characters).
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