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Encode and Decode are slightly subjective... why not something like to_bytes and from_bytes? Maybe not the best names, but definitely clearer on the meaning.
by odonnellryan 11y ago
Encode and Decode are slightly subjective... why not something like to_bytes and from_bytes? Maybe not the best names, but definitely clearer on the meaning.
- takeda 11y agoNot really. Veedrac had a good analogy, think of text as something abstract, for example imagine text is an image or sound, if you want to store it in bytes you need to encode it, and to read back you decode it. As to_bytes/from_bytes, actually python provides it too: to_bytes -> bytes(<text>) from_bytes -> str(<bytes>)
- odonnellryan 11y agoIt makes sense for sure, just isn't super intuitive - if it was people wouldn't be so confused.