[Python-3000] str.decode; buffers

[Guido van Rossum]

FWIW I think "s".find(b"b") should also raise a TypeError, but I don't
have the guts to tackle that today.

On 8/31/07, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> Yes on both accounts. Checkin coming up.
>
> On 8/31/07, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:
> > Two short issues:
> >
> > * Shouldn't str.decode() be removed? Every call to it says
> >   "TypeError: decoding str is not supported".
> >
> > * Using e.g. b"abc".find("a") gives "SystemError: can't use str as char buffer".
> >   This should be a TypeError IMO.
> >
> > Georg
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