[Python-3000] bsddb finished for 2.6/3.0 (and "<class 'BytesWarning'>: str() on a bytes instance")

[Jesus Cea]

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Christian Heimes wrote:
> Jesus Cea wrote:
>> I can't reproduce the issue in my local Python3.0 development version
>> (here, all tests passes fine). Any suggestion?.
> 
> Yeah, use my byte warning mode of Python 3.0. Before your time in the
> core team I had a long discussion with Guido and a few others. The
> conclusion of the discussion was the byte warning mode.

So much to learn, so little time :). Do you have an URL at hand?

>> "Decoding" the "db.DB_VERSION_STRING" byte string would solve the error,
>> but I rather prefer to know WHY I am having this issue at all. My
>> Python3.0 "str()" has no any issue with byte values:
> 
> It has no issues because Guido wanted str() to successed. Any comparison
> or conversion of a byte / bytearray instance with / to str is most
> likely a bug or design flaw in the application. The byte warning mode
> helps to discover hard to find bugs like "" == b"".

Just committed the "decode" thing: r66188.

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