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[Python-Dev] Decimal(unicode)

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Terry Reedy wrote:
> The purpose of type constructors is to construct instances from reasonable 
> inputs.  I think all number constructors should accept bytes

What should bytes as input to a number constructor
mean, though?

People seem to be assuming it should be interpreted
as ASCII-encoded characters.

But an equally plausible interpretation might be
that it's some binary representation of a number.

-- 
Greg

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