Message 71615 - Python tracker

Selon STINNER Victor <report@bugs.python.org>:
> IMHO, the best solution is to create such class:
>
> class Filename:
>     def __init__(self, orig):
>         self.as_bytes = orig
>         self.as_str = myformat(orig)
>     def __str__(self):
>         return self.as_str
>     def __bytes__(self):
>         return self.as_bytes

I agree that logically it's the right solution. It's also the most invasive. If
that class is made a subclass of str, however, existing code shouldn't break
more than it currently does.