Re: What to do for bytes in 2.6?

Guido van Rossum wrote:
> I don't think any of that is necessary. I would rather
have the
> following two in the language by default (see my
response to Terry and
> Raymond):
> 
> bytes is an alias for str (not even a subclass)
> b"" is an alias for ""

Ah, you like to keep it simple. The aliases are easily to
implement.
Give me twenty minutes to implement it and write some unit
tests.

> There is only one thing I'd like -3 to warn about
regarding except
> clauses: if the 'err' variable is used past the end of
the except
> clause. That is a true semantic change that 2to3 cannot
easily fix or
> flag. Consider this an example of how 2to3 and -3
should augment each
> other.

Several warnings have to be removed: ``, callable and maybe
more.

Christian
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Christian Heimes wrote:
> Ah, you like to keep it simple. The aliases are easily
to implement.
> Give me twenty minutes to implement it and write some
unit tests.

http://bugs.python.o
rg/issue1865

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