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[Python-Dev] Decimal(unicode)

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Nick Coghlan wrote:
> Since we have some strong use cases at least for the bytes->int case, 
> consistency then suggests that the other numeric types should all accept 
> bytes as well (interpreting them as ASCII encoded strings).

How far should this go? Is conversion to numbers really
so special, or should bytes be acceptable in any context
requiring a string, with an implicit encoding of ascii?

-- 
Greg

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