nick coghlan uytankmfgmailcom martin v löwis wrote binary representations already struct module handle parsing byte sequences embedded ascii digits reasonably common practice use strings along respective type constructors sure cant write foo intbarstartstopdecodeascii explicit better implicit yeah thread convinced would better start rejecting bytes int float well rather implicitly assuming ascii encoding decide fast path ascii still important eg solve 30s current speed problems decimal would better add separate methods int expose old 2x strint intstr optimisations eg intfrom_ascii class method intto_ascii instance method cheers nick nick coghlan uytankmfgmailcom brisbane australia httpwwwboredomandlazinessorg _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 100828 1000 pythondev decimalunicode