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[Python-Dev] RFC: PEP 460: Add bytes % args and bytes.format(args) to Python 3.5

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Fri Jan 10 10:06:42 CET 2014 
On Fri, 10 Jan 2014 11:32:05 +1000
Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > It's consistent with bytearray.join's behaviour:
> >
> > >>> x = bytearray()
> > >>> x.join([b"abc"])
> > bytearray(b'abc')
> > >>> x
> > bytearray(b'')
> 
> Yeah, I guess I'm OK with us being consistent on that one. It's still
> weird, but also clearly useful :)
> 
> Will the new binary format ever call __format__? I assume not, but it's
> probably best to make that absolutely explicit in the PEP.

Not indeed. I'll add that to the PEP, thanks.

cheers

Antoine.
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