On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Brett Cannon <br...@python.org> wrote: > I have been going on the assumption that bytes.format() would change what > '{}' meant for itself and would only interpolate bytes. That convenient > between Python 2 and 3 since it represents what we want it to (str and bytes > under the hood, respectively), so it just falls through. We could also add a > 'b' conversion for bytes() explicitly so as to help people not accidentally > mix up things in bytes.format() and str.format(). But I was not suggesting > adding a specific format spec for bytes but instead making bytes.format() > just do the .encode('ascii') automatically to help with compatibility when a > format spec was present. If people want fancy formatting for bytes they can > always do it themselves before calling bytes.format().
This seems hastily written (e.g. verb missing :-), and I'm not clear on what you are (or were) actually proposing. When exactly would bytes.format() need .encode('ascii')? I would be happy to wait a few hours or days for you to to write it up clearly, rather than responding in a hurry. -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com