Eric Smith <e...@trueblade.com> added the comment: > I also not fan on functions having different result type > (format->bytes or str, it depends...).
In 3.x, str.format() and bytes.format() would be two different methods on two different objects. I don't think there's any expectation that they have the same return type. There's no such expectation for str.strip() and bytes.strip() either. Similarly, in 2.6, str.format() has a different return type than unicode.format(). Now the builtin format() function is another issue. In 2.6 the return type does depend on the types of the arguments. In 3.x, I'd suggest leaving it as unicode and you won't be allowed to pass in bytes. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue3982> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
