Message 241802 - Python tracker
bytes.__str__ can already raise either a warning (-b)
>>> str('abcäöü'.encode('utf-8'))
__main__:1: BytesWarning: str() on a bytes instance
"b'abc\\xc3\\xa4\\xc3\\xb6\\xc3\\xbc'"
or error (-bb), which applies equally to implicit conversion by print():
>>> print('abcäöü'.encode('utf-8'))
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
BytesWarning: str() on a bytes instance