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[Python-Dev] PEP 461: Adding % formatting to bytes and bytearray -- Final, Take 3

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Thu Mar 27 18:36:18 CET 2014 
Wow. I'm pretty consistent. I still like that. :-)


On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 10:31 AM, MRAB <python at mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:

> On 2014-03-27 15:58, Ethan Furman wrote:
>
>> On 03/27/2014 04:42 AM, Nick Coghlan wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I also seem to recall Guido saying he liked it [%a], which flipped the
>>> discussion from "do we have a good rationale for including it?" to "do
>>> we have a good rationale for the BDFL to ignore his instincts?".
>>> However, it would be up to Guido to confirm that recollection, and if
>>> "Guido likes it" is part of the reason for inclusion of the %a code,
>>> the PEP should mention that explicitly.
>>>
>>
>> I checked Guido's posts (Subject contains PEP 461, From contains guido)
>> and did not see anything to that effect.
>>
>>  Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 12:09:23 -0800
> Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 460 reboot
>
> """If we have %b for strictly interpolating bytes, I'm fine with adding
> %a for calling ascii() on the argument and then interpolating the
> result after ASCII-encoding it."""
>
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