On 9/9/21 8:53 AM, Christopher Barker wrote:
> On 9/9/21 7:25 AM, Ethan Furman wrote:
>> 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,
>
> are they so different? :-)
Yes, they are. Conceptually, one is working with integers, the other with bytestrings (which is either entirely ASCII
encoded strings, or a mixture of the two).
>> and is an appropriate name for the target domain (where bytes are treated as
characters).
>
> Is that the target domain?
Yes. PEP 467*, and PEP 461 before it, are targeting the wire format protocol
domain.
--
~Ethan~
* The `fromint/bchr` portion for sure, and the other changes certainly help
there although they may have wider uses.
PEP 461: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0461/
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