Georg Brandl g.brandl at gmx.net
Sat Jan 11 22:10:29 CET 2014

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Am 11.01.2014 22:01, schrieb Serhiy Storchaka:
> 11.01.14 21:40, Kristján Valur Jónsson написав(ла):
>> How about a compromise?
>> Personally, I think adding the full complement of integer/float formatting to bytes is a bit over the top.
>> How about just supporting two format specifiers?
>> %b : interpolate a bytes object.  If it doesn't have the buffer interface, error.
>> %s : interpolate a str object, encoded to ASCII using 'strict' conversion.
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> %b is not supported in Python 2.7. And compatibility with Python 2.7 is 
> only the purpose of this feature.

Not "only", but it is certainly an important one.

Georg

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