facundo batista zopkrbwbxubyoxgmailcom 2008325 alex martelli since strong use cases least bytesint case consistency suggests numeric types accept bytes well interpreting ascii encoded strings 1 seems practical well consistent see downsides mmm py3kish speaking 213 unicode string holds four digits two point one three converted decimal gives well decimal213 b213 string digits anymore stream 4 bytes represents binary number 0x322e3133 find difficult know undoubtly express collection digits inherent strings bytes without mixing pre3k concepts regards facundo blog httpwwwtaniquetilcomarplog pyar httpwwwpythonorgar _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom wed 06 aug 2008 205747 0300 pythondev decimalunicode