Re: Bytevectors instead of strings in SRFI 170 Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen (03 Aug 2020 21:34 UTC)
Re: Bytevectors instead of strings in SRFI 170 Marc Nieper-WiÃkirchen 03 Aug 2020 21:34 UTC
Am Mo., 3. Aug. 2020 um 23:32 Uhr schrieb Lassi Kortela <xxxxxx@lassi.io>:
> I meant bytevectors as another alternative in addition to strings in
> SRFI 170. Strings would be the ordinary and preferred thing to use for
> most purposes, but bytevectors could be used where strings cannot
> represent everything you need. This is what the Python 3 "os" library
> offers.
Thank you for this clarification. This, especially after John's
explanation, makes a lot of sense to me.