Python 3 how to convert a list of bytes objects to a list of strings?

[Chris Green]

Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Aug 2020 12:26:07 +0100, Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> declaimed the
> following:
> 
> 
> 
> >Maybe I shouldn't but Python 2 has been managing to do so for several
> >years without any issues.  I know I *could* put the exceptions in a
> >bucket somewhere and deal with them separately but I'd really rather
> >not.
> >
> 
>         In Python2 "string" IS BYTE-STRING. It is never UNICODE, and ignores
> any encoding.
> 
>         So, for Python3, the SAME processing requires NOT USING "string" (which
> is now Unicode) and ensuring that all literals are b"stuff", and using the
> methods of the bytes data type.
> 
Now I'm beginning to realise that *this* may well be what I need to
do, after going round in several convoluted circles! :-)

Thank you!

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Chris Green
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