[Python-3000] bytes and dicts (was: PEP 3137: Immutable Bytes and Mutable Buffer)

[Greg Ewing]

Jim Jewett wrote:
> If code clears an existing dict rather than creating a new one, then
> that specific dict is probably a communication channel, and the API
> should specify whether it takes bytes or characters.

This suggests it might be simpler to have normal dicts
refuse to accept bytes at all, and have another type
bytedict for that purpose.

--
Greg