[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Python bltinmodule.c, 2.312, 2.313

[Guido van Rossum]

> On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 09:29:20AM -0700, nascheme at users.sourceforge.net wrote:
> 
> > ! 	res = (*nb->nb_hex)(v);
> > ! 	if (res && !PyString_Check(res)) {
> > ! 		PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
> > ! 			     "__hex__ returned non-string (type %.200s)",
> > ! 			     res->ob_type->tp_name);
> > ! 		Py_DECREF(res);
> > ! 		return NULL;
> > ! 	}
> > ! 	return res;
> 
> Should hex/oct be allowed to return Unicode?

What would the point be?  I don't know of any hexadecimal or octal
digits that aren't ASCII.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)