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Author	loewis
Recipients	georg.brandl, loewis, mgiuca
Date	2008-08-16.09:22:33
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Message-id	<48A69C57.1050402@v.loewis.de>
In-reply-to	<1218878053.61.0.879399084038.issue3565@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>

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> 2. Rename "tostring" and "fromstring" methods to "tobytes" and > "frombytes". I think this is quite important as the value being returned > can no longer be described as a "string". I'm not a native speaker (of English), but my understanding is that the noun "string", in itself, can very well be used to describe this type: the result is a "byte string", as opposed to a "character string". Merriam-Webster's seems to agree; meaning 5b(2) is "a sequence of like items (as bits, characters, or words)"

> 2. Rename "tostring" and "fromstring" methods to "tobytes" and
> "frombytes". I think this is quite important as the value being returned
> can no longer be described as a "string".

I'm not a native speaker (of English), but my understanding is that the
noun "string", in itself, can very well be used to describe this type:
the result is a "byte string", as opposed to a "character string".
Merriam-Webster's seems to agree; meaning 5b(2) is "a sequence of like
items (as bits, characters, or words)"

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2008-08-16 09:22:35	loewis	set	recipients: + loewis, georg.brandl, mgiuca
2008-08-16 09:22:34	loewis	link	issue3565 messages
2008-08-16 09:22:33	loewis	create