[PyQt] Missing method for QByteArray and Python3?

[detlev]

On Sonntag, 10. Januar 2010, Phil Thompson wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Jan 2010 18:33:32 +0100, detlev <detlev at die-offenbachs.de> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > really often I have this kind of code in my application when it comes to
> > converting a QByteArray to s string under Python 3.1.
> >
> > s = bytes(QByteArray).decode()
> >
> > In Python 2 one could use
> >
> > s = unicode(QByteArray)
> >
> > to get the same result. Did I miss something or could QByteArray get a
> > decode() method to make it similar to a Python3 bytes or bytearray type?
> 
> The Python3 way to do it is...
> 
> s = str(QByteArray, encoding='ascii')
> 
> ...or whatever encoding is used.
> 
> It would be possible to change things so that...
> 
> s = str(QByteArray)
> 
> ...automatically uses the default encoding. However that would then make it
> inconsistent with the behaviour of...
> 
> s = str(bytes)
> 
> ...and I'm not sure that that is a good idea.
> 
> Phil
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Maybe QByteArray should be changed to a mapped type and bytearray should be 
used (like the QString change).

Regards,
Detlev
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Detlev Offenbach
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