[Python-Dev] Re: adding a bytes sequence type to Python

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Tue Aug 17 08:30:05 CEST 2004


Greg Ewing wrote:
> This suggests that byte string literals should be
> restricted to ASCII characters and \x escapes.
> Would that be safe enough?

Yes, that should work fine (Guidos restriction to
*printable* characters is also useful, as line endings
are easily changed, too, when moving from one system
to another).

Regards,
Martin


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